Click here to read “Training the brain to stress less” by Amanda Enayati from CNN.com on October 18, 2012.
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Hospitals Ditch Formula Samples to Promote Breast-Feeding
Click here to read “Hospitals Ditch Formula Samples to Promote Breast-Feeding” by Pam Belluck from The New York Times on October 15, 2012.
For years, virtually every new mother has been sent home from the hospital with a gift bag full of free product samples, including infant formula. Now health authorities and breast-feeding advocates are leading a nationwide effort to ban formula samples, which often come in stylish bags with formula company logos.
Chronic stress during pregnancy prevents brain benefits of motherhood
Could Stem Cells Treat Autism? Newly Approved Study May Tell
Mom’s Depression Slows Baby’s Development
Fraud in the Scientific Literature
Click here to read “Fraud in the Scientific Literature” from The New York Times on October 5, 2012.
A surprising upsurge in the number of scientific papers that have had to be retracted because they were wrong or even fraudulent has journal editors and ethicists wringing their hands. The retracted papers are a small fraction of the vast flood of research published each year, but they offer a revealing glimpse of the pressures driving many scientists to improper conduct.
UCLA neurophysicists uncovers mysteries of sleeping brain
Click here to read “UCLA neurophysicists uncovers mysteries of sleeping brain” by Robin Wulffson, M.D from Examiner.com on October 7, 2012.
UCLA neurophysicists have made an exciting discovery about the sleeping brain. The findings should provide further understanding regarding how the brain remembers and reveal factors involved in Alzheimer’s disease. They published their research on October 7 in the early online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
The Neuroscience Of Climate – Change Apathy (And How To Fix It)
Click here to read “The Neuroscience Of Climate – Change Apathy (And How To Fix It)” by Mark Trexler and Laura Kosloff from Ecosystem Marketplace on October 9, 2012.
Scores of studies and analyses suggest that the costs of ignoring climate change are likely to far outweigh the costs of avoiding it, but estimates of business-as-usual climate change continue to tick upward. Before we can understand and manage climate-change risk, we need to understand and manage the brains that evolution gave us.
