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• Genetics, Social Factors Tied to Male Delinquency

  July 17 (HealthDay News) -- It's not environment or genetics that determine a predisposition toward ...

• Empathy Is 'Hard-Wired' in Children's Brains

  July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Empathy comes naturally to children, a new report shows. Using functional ...

• Do Underweight Newborns Make for Shy Adults?

  July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Being born extremely underweight may be a risk factor for ...

• Serotonin Levels Determine Sense of Fairness

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of a brain chemical known as serotonin govern the ...

• Fewer U.S. High School Students Engage in Risky Behaviors

  June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic high school students are more likely to engage in ...

• Cell Phone Study Suggests People Are Losing Their Wanderlust

  June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Using cell phone records to track movement, a new study ...

• Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress

  June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Having recent trauma survivors relive the troubling event in a ...

• Problem Gambling Common Among Young Adults

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 750,000 American teens and young adults are problem ...

• Fairness Is a Hard-Wired Emotion

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The belief that things should be divided fairly among members ...

• Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Recently developed types of imaging techniques enable researchers to map ...

• Drinking Dampens Ability to Feel Fear

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol can make people frisky, chatty and, as any bouncer ...

• Seniors No Strangers to Happiness

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- With age comes wisdom, and now new research suggests happiness ...

• Choices Sap Your Stamina, Self Control: Study

  April 18 (HealthDay News) -- From "paper or plastic" to 31 flavors of ice cream, ...

• 'Worry' Spot in Brain Found

  April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford researchers report that worrying about something before it happens ...

• Whisk Those Blues Away

  April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Scrubbing the tub and other forms of housework may clean ...

• Genes' Influence on Fears Changes Over Time

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic factors may help drive common fears, and new study ...

• Study Shows Anger Has Its Uses

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- People like to temper their emotions to the task at ...

• Give and Be Happy

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Money can buy happiness, at least when you spend it ...

• Aggression on Job More Harmful Than Sexual Harassment

  March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Persistent criticism, belittling comments, bullying and other forms of workplace ...