Psychiatry
The Psychopathic Brain Responds Differently to Distress in Others
Imaging scans show how the brains of psychopaths respond differently to others in distress.
Drug helps women who stop smoking keep weight off
Naltrexone, a medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting but only in women, according to a study published in the December issue of Biological Psychiatry. This is the first medication shown to reduce weight gain for up to one year in […]
LabBook July 6, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. THIS […]
LabBook June 8, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our new weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. […]
When Art and Science Meet Halfway
by Rob Mitchum Too often, art and science are treated as intellectual adversaries. Educational systems typically route students toward one pole or the other, with the artistic and scientific spheres rarely intersecting by the time one reaches the undergraduate and graduate levels. But for the last two years, the University of Chicago has paved a […]
Sexual Taboos, Racial Disparities and the HPV Vaccine
By Matt Wood The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a strikingly common sexually transmitted disease associated with cervical cancer. More than 25 percent of women ages 14-59 are infected with HPV, but it gained greater attention in the United States in 2006 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine for it. African […]
Testing Treatments in the Anorexic Mouse
Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, and also the deadliest. But unlike depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia, no drugs are approved for the treatment of patients with this eating disorder. Non-pharmacological interventions, such as family-based treatment or cognitive-behavioral therapy, remain the gold standard for helping patients get back to healthy eating habits […]
Trajectories: Gender and Racial Differences in Substance Use
By Matt Wood Substance use among adolescents and young adults in the United States is a perennial problem. Despite decades of campaigns by health care providers, schools and the government warning about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, substantial numbers of young people still report using these substances on a regular basis. Research has […]
Fighting Two Addictions with One Pill?
By Rob Mitchum Since its approval by the FDA in 2006, varenicline has become a valuable aide for people trying to get over the hump of quitting smoking. Marketed as Chantix, the drug has joined buproprion and nicotine replacement therapy as popular options for helping smokers fight cravings and withdrawal as they try to kick […]
