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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125811.htm) Impacts of workplace bullying on sleep can be 'contagious' between partners
Feb 21st 2025, 12:58

Workplace bullying affects not only the employee's sleep but their partner's too, according to new research published today.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125800.htm) Brain-wide activity change visualized as geometric patterns
Feb 21st 2025, 12:58

Researchers have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain's activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal activity in the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain during object recognition and recalling memories. This achievement promises further extraction of brain activity observed in various aspects of daily life.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125554.htm) Breathing and vision may be linked
Feb 21st 2025, 12:55

Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation -- something that could affect our vision.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125338.htm) Stealth virus: Zika virus builds tunnels to covertly infect cells of the placenta
Feb 21st 2025, 12:53

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing fetus and forms a strong barrier against microbes and chemicals that could harm the fetus, has not been clear. Researchers now report a strategy Zika virus uses to covertly spread in placental cells, raising little alarm in the immune system.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125306.htm) Precision therapy with microbubbles
Feb 21st 2025, 12:53

Researchers have investigated how microbubbles tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound. For the first time, they have visualized how tiny cyclic microjets liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate the cell membrane enabling the drug uptake.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250220192148.htm) Single-session therapy can improve mental health outcomes
Feb 20th 2025, 19:21

Seeking mental health help is a significant step, but that first intake session can often feel more like paperwork than progress, and a significant proportion of people 'drop out' or never return for a second visit, previous research has shown. In a new review investigators confirmed that single-session interventions (SSIs) can significantly improve mental health outcomes in both youth and adults. Common in other countries but not the U.S., an SSI is a structured program intentionally designed to provide meaningful support, guidance or treatment in just one meeting, recognizing that many patients may not return for a follow-up appointment.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250220164352.htm) Framework to identify food selectivity origins in the brain
Feb 20th 2025, 16:43

Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Researchers have identified a region in the brain's visual cortex that responds to food and have developed a theoretical framework that could explain the origins of this selectivity. The team outlines how visual and nonvisual signals contribute to the brain's cortical responses when people were shown images of food. Researchers also found that images of food in context elicited additional responses in the brain, as compared to images without context. One explanation for this finding is that seeing these objects in their natural context might invoke the varied experiences of interacting with food or other information related to identifying food as just that: food. For example, signals that could influence food selectivity in the visual cortex include color, social cues or the motor actions of eating.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250220164229.htm) Child ADHD risk linked to mother's use of acetaminophen
Feb 20th 2025, 16:42

Fetal acetaminophen exposure increases the likelihood that a child will develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250220122931.htm) Daily cannabis use linked to public health burden
Feb 20th 2025, 12:29

A new study analyzes the disease burden and the risk factors for severity among people who suffer from a condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Researchers say the condition occurs in people who are long-term regular consumers of cannabis and causes nausea, uncontrollable vomiting and excruciating pain in a cyclical pattern that often leads to repeated trips to the hospital.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250219110057.htm) Socially dominant individuals are more confident but not necessarily more competent
Feb 19th 2025, 11:00

Research has found that people who strive for dominance, whether in personal or professional life, are more confident in their decision-making but are no more accurate in their choices than those of a lower social status.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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