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Nov 23
2010
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Kate Middleton is wearing Princess Diana's ring, but Prince William wants to make sure his new fiancée never suffers from the depression and isolation that affected his mother. The newly-engaged Middleton is in "counseling" sessions to help prepare her for life as a royal. "Kate, as a new and vulnerable bride, is deemed to need a lot of help with that,” a source told the paper. “The royals are desperate not to have another downward spiral of a marriage and they feel Kate has very vulnerable and soft spots. Apparently she was destroyed when William broke up with her (in 2007)."|
Nov 18
2010
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Neuroscientists believe that even having a dim light on - such as a night light often used in a child's room - adversely affects the chemical balance and structure of the brain.
Such a light appears to interfere with secretion of the hormone melatonin, which helps let the body know it is night time and time to sleep.
A team at Ohio State University in the US came to their conclusions after comparing two sets of Siberian hamsters, one group which was exposed to a dim light at night, the other which enjoyed complete darkness.
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Nov 10
2010
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Embedded in our genes is a "clock" that regulates when we sleep, when we are awake and when we eat. This human clock manages what are known as circadian rhythms, 24-hour biological cycles that adapt our bodies to the light-dark pattern of day and night.
Circadian rhythms are an ancient biological regulator system based on the light-dark cycle, which is as old as our planet. Recent studies have taught us that up to 15 percent of our genes are regulated by these rhythms and that disruption of them can profoundly influence human health - causing obesity, diabetes, insomnia, depression, heart disease and cancer.
Over the past 15 years, we have uncovered some of the key molecular switches that turn circadian rhythms on and off. In a recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, scientists examined circadian regulatory genes in individuals with and without a history of depression. As a group those with a history of depression had a higher level of activity of the clock gene than did people with no mood disorders.
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Nov 06
2010
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Two days after the death of former contestant of "The Bachelorette" Julien Hug made headline, his family has released a shocking statement, revealing the cause of the demise. In a statement to People, Julien's parents claimed the one-time reality star took his own life. "In his letter to us he stated that he was suffering from acute depression and he felt it was his only way out," Bertrand and Denise Hug said. "While publicly outgoing he was an extremely private person who internalized everything. We feel it is necessary at this time to address the media as we are devastated by some of the comments that are coming out."
According to a family spokesman, Julien, who also left notes for his coworkers and girlfriend before committing suicide, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His parents said, "We are beyond devastated and completely distraught... What we saw was his thirst for life with fast cars, motorcycles and his love of skydiving." "What we see now is . . .