Taste Perceptions May Aid Depression Treatment

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Taste sensitivity is altered by changing levels of so-called neurotransmitters that are thought to be involved in depression, British investigators report."
"In a press release from the University of Bristol, Dr. Lucy F. Donaldson said, "we hope that using a taste test in depressed people will tell us which neurotransmitter is affected in their illness," and thus assist in treatment decisions."

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The Social-Cue Reader

"People with autism tend to have difficulty understanding other people’s emotional states, which can turn even casual conversation into a minefield of missed emotional cues and inadvertent faux pas." "But last spring, two computer scientists at M.I.T.’s Media Lab unveiled a new device that promises to help people with autism perform the kind of everyday “mind reading” others take for granted."

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ADHD Raises Kids' Health Costs Even Before Diagnosis

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- "In the two years before and after they're diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children with the condition typically use more health-care services than other children, U.S. research shows."

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