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Post-traumatic stress disorder should be considered a systemic disorder
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316698.php Results: The mean total number of comorbidities was higher among those with PTSD (17.7; SD, 6.1) than in trauma-exposed controls (14.1; SD, 5.2; P < 0.001). For 24 of 171 assessed clinical outcomes, morbidity was greater in the PTSD group, including for conditions of the gastrointestinal, hepatic, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems, sleep disorders, and...
#Dark #truth #Bali #orphanages
Herald Sun: Dark truth about Bali orphanages. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwq9OG8zk http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/the-sad-dark-truth-about-bali-orphanages-where-helping-kids-is-a-mask-for-paedophilia-and-abuse/news-story/d440760fd3e261f2359ae5a37f5e1f51 FOREIGNERS and locals are setting up orphanages in Bali under the guise of helping local children but allowing a more sinister activity to occur in the form of paedophilia and sexual abuse by staff members. Former Victorian police officer Glen Hulley, who runs Project Karma, a…
We evolved to experience social rejection in the same way as physical pain.
http://theconversation.com/loneliness-on-its-way-to-becoming-britains-most-lethal-condition-94775 Analysis of 300,000 people in 148 studies found that loneliness is associated with a 50% increase in mortality from any cause. This makes it comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and more dangerous than obesity. As the lead researcher of the analysis, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, comments: Loneliness significantly increases risk for premature mortality. Only…
Alcohol will be gone ‘in a generation’
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11961659 A top scientist said synthetic alcohol called alcosynth will replace real alcohol in just 10 or 20 years. Professor David Nutt, a former government drugs adviser of Imperial College London, said the man-made liquor will have the same intoxicating effect on us but won’t harm our health. He also believes that cigarettes and tobacco…
Romantic love associated with reduction of gray matter density
Study: Romantic love associated with reduction of gray matter density in the striatum https://t.co/X5hqMplr2H — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) March 13, 2017 The study, conducted by a team of researchers lead by Hiroaki Kawamichi (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan) involved taking an MRI scan of 113 student participants. Most of the participants then went on to…