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For these people with depression, all treatment approaches had failed, but then they adopted a pet …

By Christian Jarrett For people diagnosed with whats known as treatment-resistant major depressive disorder the prognosis is not good the low mood and emotional pain for these individuals has not lifted even though they are on a combination of antidepressant medications and may also have participated in psychotherapy. ...

Scientists Achieve Breakthrough on Path to Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants

By Megan Schmidt | December 6, 2018 4:17 pm Scientists say they have successfully kept a baboon alive with a pigs heart for six months. (Credit: Dusan Petkovik /Shutterstock) Although 54 percent of adults in the United States have registered as organ donors, just one in three people die in a way that allows for organ d...

Scary warming at poles showing up at weird times, places

By Seth Borenstein | December 12, 2018 FILE - In this March 9, 2018, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the aurora borealis displays above Ice Camp Skate in the Beaufort Sea during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018. Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earths polar regions at times they dont expect, like winter, and i...

The Joy of Giving Lasts Longer Than the Joy of Getting

The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we experience that event, a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. But giving to others may be the exception to this rule, according to research forthcoming in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science ...

Intellectual Curiosity and Confidence Help Children Take on Math and Reading

AUSTIN, Texas Childrens personalities may influence how they perform in math and reading, according to a study by psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Proficiency in reading and math is associated with a complex system of skills, some of which derive from personality traits. In a study published...