Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category

Why The HEADoc Blogs

By Quest4Sanity • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Psychiatry, Psychology

Why do People ?

The most appropriate answer to that question is probably the reply given by President Clinton when asked why he did what he did with “that woman.” “Because I could,” he replied to a probing reporter. I started posting…



Risk of Violence in the Workplace

By Quest4Sanity • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Psychiatry, Psychology

Every now and then The HEADoc finds himself in an undesirable inescapable situation. . .



Growth Hormone for Athletic Performance Simply Mind Over Matter?

By MedHeadlines • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Lifestyle, Medical Research, Psychology, Sport Medicine, Supplements

That’s the question behind a study recently conducted at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. And the evidence is overwhelming that people who think they are taking performance-enhancing drugs think their performance is actually enhanced as a…



The Virginia Tech Massacre Revisited

By MedHeadlines • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Lifestyle, Prevention, Psychology

On April 16, 2007 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, shot to death 32 students and faculty members, wounded many more, and then committed suicide. From an early age Cho was seen to…



Today’s Husband Creates 7 Extra Hours of Housework Each Week

By MedHeadlines • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Family, Lifestyle, Odd MedNews, Psychology, Women's Health

That’s according to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a federally funded, diary-based study of family dynamics conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. They’ve been tracking household labor since 1968.



Satisfactory Sex Can Be Achieved In A Matter Of Minutes

By MedHeadlines • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: Lifestyle, Prevention, Psychology, Sexuality

Survey findings released this week dispel the commonly held fantasy that satisfactory sex requires a significant time commitment. The survey, conducted at Penn State by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, revealed that satisfactory sex for couples typically lasts…



Could Schizophrenia Be Entirely Genetic?

By MedHeadlines • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Bipolar Disorder, Family, Genetic Diseases, Headlines, Medical Research, Neurology, Psychology, Schizophrenia

The latest gene-scanning technology may have shed some much-desired light on a potential cause for schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by delusions and scrambled thought processes. The disease is believed to affect 1% of the population.



Happiness Is Determined By Our Genes

By MedHeadlines • Mar 11th, 2008 • Category: Family, Lifestyle, Medical Research, Psychology

A study reported in the March issue of Psychological Science points to heredity as the most important factor in determining a person’s predisposition to happiness. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh worked with specialists at the Queensland Institute in Austria…



What First Time Moms Expect From Pregnancy

By MedHeadlines • Mar 8th, 2008 • Category: Pregnancy, Psychology, Women's Health

A recent study conducted by the University of Haifa by Ora Gazit under the supervision of Dr. Miri Scharf, looked at how personal experiences affected thoughts on relationships with a newborn.



When Discrimination Appears in the Medical Profession

By MedHeadlines • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: AIDS, HIV, Medical Research, Psychology

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus has been a part of modern society for at least the last 25 years. In that time, numerous reports have emerged detailing how a non-infected person can not obtain the virus simply by coming into general…