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3. Relatives Of Individuals With Autism Tend To Display Abnormal Eye Movements Abnormal eye movements and other sensorimotor and neurobehavioral impairments appear common in unaffected family members of individuals with autism, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....
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6. Women Who Drink Beer Regularly More Likely To Develop Psoriasis Women who drink beer regularly seem to have a higher risk of developing psoriasis, according to a study published in Archives of Dermatology, a JAMA/Archives journal. The link does not apply to light beer or wines or spirits (liquor), the researchers say. The authors write: Psoriasis is a common immune-mediated skin disease....
7. Anxiety Increases Risk Of Complications For Heart Disease Patients Patients with heart disease who also suffer from an anxiety disorder have a significantly higher risk of having a heart attack, heart failure, stroke and death, compared to other heart disease patients, according to Dutch scientists. You can read about this study in the peer-reviewed medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry…...
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