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- What predicts students’ drinking habits? How much they think others are drinking https://news.vcu.edu/article/What_predicts_college_students_drinking_habits_How_much_they 123 comments
- Child and teen mortality in the U.S. experiences largest increase in decades https://news.vcu.edu/article/2023/03/child-and-teen-mortality-in-the-us-experiences-largest-increase-in-decades 169 comments health
- Child and teen mortality in the U.S. experiences largest increase in decades https://news.vcu.edu/article/2023/03/child-and-teen-mortality-in-the-us-experiences-largest-increase-in-decades 3 comments economy
- U.S. life expectancy continued to fall in 2021 - It’s now 76.6. That’s lower than China, where life expectancy is now 78 years. https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/2022/04/us-life-expectancy-continued-to-fall-in-2021 571 comments economy
- Being mindful can improve your interactions with co-workers, new study finds. Mindful interactions and relationships can bring about a more harmonious and healthy workplace. https://news.vcu.edu/article/2022/06/being-mindful-can-improve-your-interactions-with-co-workers-new-study-finds 7 comments science
- Humans tend to form groups, which often find themselves in conflict with rival groups, a new study used brain imaging to explain why humans are aggressive toward rival groups: harming outgroup members increases activity in the brain’s reward network https://news.vcu.edu/article/2022/06/us-versus-them-harming-the-outgroup-is-linked-to-elevated-activity-in-the-brains-reward 23 comments science
- An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including addiction and child behavioral problems. https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/2021/08/study-identifies-579-genetic-locations-linked-to 897 comments science
- Pandemic drives largest decrease in U.S. life expectancy since 1943 https://news.vcu.edu/health/Pandemic_drives_largest_decrease_in_US_life_expectancy_since 3 comments science
- For every two deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S., a third American dies as a result of the pandemic, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association https://news.vcu.edu/article/total_deaths_recorded_during_the_pandemic_far_exceed_those_attributed 115 comments science
- Not all psychopaths are violent. Study finds why some are ‘successful’. Higher initial psychopathy was associated with steeper increases in general inhibitory control and the inhibition of aggression over time. The effect was magnified among “successful” offenders, or those who reoffended less. https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/not_all_psychopaths_are_violent_a_new_study_may_explain_why_some 51 comments science
- Study finds that many published psychology experiments lack evidence of validity https://news.vcu.edu/article/an_untested_foundation_a_vcu_study_finds_that_many_published 20 comments science
- Researchers find that mindfulness -- purposefully paying attention to everything going on around you in the present moment -- is not entirely inherent within people but is partly elicited and shaped by situations. https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/researchers_studying_motivational_aspects_of_mindfulness_find 117 comments science
- Working-age Americans dying at higher rates, especially in economically hard-hit states: A new VCU study identifies “a distinctly American phenomenon” as mortality among 25 to 64 year-olds increases and U.S. life expectancy continues to fall. https://news.vcu.edu/article/workingage_americans_dying_at_higher_rates_especially_in_economically 3747 comments science
- New VCU study links vitamin C therapy to better survival rates after sepsis - Exploratory three-year study finds that treating septic patients with intravenous vitamin C could lead to decreased mortality, quicker recovery https://news.vcu.edu/article/new_vcu_study_links_vitamin_c_therapy_to_better_survival_rates 3 comments science
- People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in “unsuccessful” outcomes such as incarceration. Researchers have shown “successful” psychopathic individuals, who control these tendencies, have more developed neural structures that control self-regulation https://news.vcu.edu/article/how_do_people_with_psychopathic_traits_control_dark_impulses 8 comments science
- How do people with psychopathic traits control ‘dark impulses'. Participants had greater levels of gray matter density in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, one of the brain regions involved in self-regulatory processes, including the down-regulation of more primitive and reactive emotions https://news.vcu.edu/article/how_do_people_with_psychopathic_traits_control_dark_impulses 3 comments science
- A new study by researchers who analyzed 502 posts on Pinterest about chronic pain revealed that the social media platform is helping people with chronic pain cope by sharing self-care and pain-management tips, venting about their pain's severity, and supporting others who are similarly suffering. https://news.vcu.edu/article/people_with_chronic_pain_are_coping_with_the_help_of_pinterest 3 comments science
- Children of parents who have alcohol use disorder are more likely to get married under the age of 25, less likely to get married later in life, and more likely to marry a person who has alcohol use disorder themselves https://news.vcu.edu/article/children_of_problem_drinkers_are_more_likely_to_marry_someone 7 comments science
- New Study Finds Sadism to be the Main Motivation for Revenge - "The core of what we found is that the person who seeks revenge is a person who tends to enjoy it." https://news.vcu.edu/article/what_leads_certain_people_to_seek_vengeance_sadism_according 17 comments science
- Children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those who grew up in two-parent families -- and genetic factors are the primary explanation, according to a new study by researchers http://news.vcu.edu/article/why_does_divorce_run_in_families_the_answer_may_be_genetics 11 comments science
- Researchers have discovered a new tri-anion particle, a type of particle with three more electrons than protons. The new particle is extremely stable and its discovery apply to a variety of applications in the fields of physics and chemistry. http://news.vcu.edu/research/vcu_physicists_discover_a_trianion_particle_with_colossal_stability 10 comments science
- In “The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism” (University of Minnesota Press, 2016), Virginia Commonwealth University professor David Golumbia argues that a far-right philosophy can be found not only among the digital currency’s advocates, but within the software itself. http://news.vcu.edu/article/VCU_professor_discusses_The_Politics_of_Bitcoin_Software_as_RightWing 5 comments politics
- The heritability of insomnia could be higher for females than it is for males, suggesting that genes influence sleep problems more for women. http://news.vcu.edu/article/females_more_at_genetic_risk_for_developing_insomnia_than_males?utm_source=vcunewsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vcunewsnewsletter&utm_content=news.vcu.edu%2Farticle%2Ffemales_more_at_genetic_risk_for_developing_insomnia_than_males 11 comments science
- Cooler bedroom temperatures may boost metabolic activity: A new study has found that turning the thermostat down a few notches at night may expand brown fat tissue mass and activity, which could lead to metabolic benefits such as more effective disposal of glucose. http://news.vcu.edu/research/cooler_bedroom_temperatures_may_boost_metabolic_activity?utm_source=vcunewsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vcunewsnewsletter&utm_content=news.vcu.edu%2Fresearch%2Fcooler_bedroom_temperatures_may_boost_metabolic_activity 17 comments science
- Key enzyme found in disease-causing bacteria responsible for heart valve disease: A disease-causing bacterium found in the mouth needs manganese (Mn) to cause a serious heart infection, a preclinical study shows. The findings may provide possible new targets for antibiotics http://news.vcu.edu/article/researchers_identify_key_enzyme_found_in_diseasecausing_bacteria 4 comments science
- Physicists Discover Theoretical Possibility of Large, Hollow Magnetic Cage Molecules http://news.vcu.edu/news/vcu_physicists_discover_theoretical_possibility_of_large_hollow 7 comments science