White House proposes raise for Alzheimer's research
The Obama administration is increasing spending on Alzheimer's research -- planning to surpass half a billion dollars next year -- as part of a quest to find effective treatments for the brain-destroying disease by 2025. (Source: CTV Health)
In Northern Ireland, political violence harms youths through families
(Society for Research in Child Development) A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has found that political violence affects children by upsetting the ways their families function, resulting in behavior problems and mental health symptoms among the youths over extended periods of time. Researchers gathered data through annual surveys of mothers and children, and through recording the number of politically motivated deaths in families' neighborhoods as an index of political violence. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register forba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
