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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250326122938.htm) Is your job making you happy? Insights from job satisfaction data
Mar 26th 2025, 12:29

New research has found that employers and policymakers might want to start paying attention to how workers are feeling, because employee happiness contains critical economic information.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250326122922.htm) Repetitive behaviors and special interests are more indicative of an autism diagnosis than a lack of social skills
Mar 26th 2025, 12:29

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a large language model (LLM) to synthesize the behaviors and observations that are most indicative of an autism diagnosis. Their results show that repetitive behaviors, special interests, and perception-based behaviors are most associated with an autism diagnosis. These findings have potential to improve diagnostic guidelines for autism by decreasing the focus on social factors -- which the established guidelines in the DSM-5 focus on but the model did not classify among the most relevant in diagnosing autism.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250326122652.htm) Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating
Mar 26th 2025, 12:26

Many obese people report losing pleasure in eating rich foods -- something also seen in obese mice. Scientists have now discovered the reason. Long-term high-fat diets lower levels of neurotensin in the brain, disrupting the dopamine pleasure network and decreasing the desire to eat high-fat foods. Raising neurotensin levels in mice brings back the pleasure and aids weight loss. Bringing back the pleasure could help people break the habit of overeating.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325160102.htm) Basketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
Mar 25th 2025, 16:01

A study finds NBA teams that hired more analytics staff, and invested more in data analysis, tended to win more games.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325141719.htm) Study explores how characteristics of communications networks affect development of shared social identity, group performance
Mar 25th 2025, 14:17

Researchers explored how the characteristics of communication networks in groups (i.e., density and centralization) affected the development of shared social identity and, as a result, group performance. The study's findings can help managers and other business leaders develop strategies to enhance the performance of their teams.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325141538.htm) How Zika virus knocks out our immune defenses
Mar 25th 2025, 14:15

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325141535.htm) Could an arthritis drug unlock lasting relief from epilepsy and seizures? Promising results in mice
Mar 25th 2025, 14:15

A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers. If the drug proves viable for human patients, it would be the first to provide lasting relief from seizures even after they stopped taking it.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325141530.htm) Postpartum female preference for cooler temperatures linked to brain changes
Mar 25th 2025, 14:15

Mothers experience major metabolic adaptations during pregnancy and lactation to support the development and growth of the new life. Although many metabolic changes have been studied, body temperature regulation and environmental temperature preference during and after pregnancy remain poorly understood. Researchers show that postpartum female mice develop new environmental temperature preferences and reveal brain changes mediating these changes.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325141527.htm) Lupus-related antibody shows promise in enhancing cancer treatment efficacy
Mar 25th 2025, 14:15

Scientists have discovered a promising way to trigger immune responses against certain tumors, using a lupus-related antibody that can slip, undetected, into 'cold' tumors and flip on an immune response that has been turned off by cancer. The research offers new findings that could help improve therapies for glioblastoma and other aggressive cancers that are difficult to treat.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325115849.htm) Exercise of any kind boosts brainpower at any age
Mar 25th 2025, 11:58

Whether it's an early morning jog, or a touch of Tai Chi, groundbreaking research shows that any form of exercise can significantly boost brain function and memory across children, adults, and older adults.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325115641.htm) ADHD may be associated with an increased risk of dementia
Mar 25th 2025, 11:56

An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the findings of a study which shows that, compared with healthy individuals, patients with an ADHD diagnosis have more iron in certain regions of their brain along with higher levels of neurofilaments[1] (NfL) in their blood. These markers have been consistently reported to be characteristic of old age-related dementias such as Alzheimer's disease and can be measured in its early stages. The study confirms that ADHD may be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life and it provides first evidence for a neurological mechanism possibly involved.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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