Brutally Killing

In 2009 a little 9 year old girl was killed by a 15 year old girl. Her throat was slit, and she was stabbed and strangled. The murderer described it has an “ amazing” and “pretty enjoyable” experience. The murderer was Alyssa Bustamante and the little girl killed was Elizabeth Olten. Alyssa wrote in her journal a detailed description of the murder in her journal in which the FBI confiscated. Defense Attorneys after reading more of her journal entries stated that the reason why she killed the 9 year old was because she was depressed and suicidal. She wrote in her journal that her cell phone had died and since she had no one to talk to all her feelings were caged up until she released them and the result of that was her killing someone.
Impact: It is so sad that a little girl was the victim of someone else’s problems. I don’t think the little girl had to die. It is Alyssa’s fault for not doing the responsible thing and going to see someone to help her with her feelings.

Nodding Disease

In the village of Tumangu, almost 3,000 lives have been taken by the “Nodding’s Disease.” This sickness for reasons unknown to scientists only occur in children and this leaves them immobilized until finally they convulse in spasms and die. Scientists since 2010 have been trying to find a cure and the only thing they can do is give out treatments for epilepsy which can only proved temporary relief but since this disease is not like epilepsy the treatment only last for so long. Scientists are now coming to the sad conclusion that only when the patient dies, they are truly cured. Every possible doctor that may help find a cure is helping the cause and hopefully in the near future will be successful.
Impact: I think it is sad that out of a small population so many have been affected by this disease. Hopefully they find a cure to prevent families from having to accept yet another lose in their families.

Illusion of control

In this article it states the definition of illusion control and illusion control is the belief of a person that thinks there changing with there mind that they really can't. In this articles researchers found that people who have illusion control end up hallucinate alot and belevng that thre conrol is Real when it's really only a fascination. As well ad they beco
WTO happy and satisfies they base there life on that fascination and somewhat play a role in it. I find this article really imtersting and cry important to the world.As for me I liked the article.

Sadness

Resource: http://www.psychologyhelp.com/emot94.htm

Have you ever been sad? Now that is a stupid question for the reason that you have! At some point, male or female, you have felt plain miserable. It is a natural emotion, and we as a society have actually rejected the reaction to sadness, especially as a man. Actually, if you want to be happy, you must experience sadness. If people avoid their sadness in addition with their sobbing or tears, it can actually cause much psychological effects. The feeling will linger around until it is let out, this will cause someone to have a feeling of sadness until it is let out. The avoidance can also cause addiction, psychosomatic symptoms, high levels of anxiety, and acting out shewed behavior. Emotionally healthy adults are comfortable with sadness, their own and others. They allow their own wracking sobs and tears. It also feels good to let go all of the tears. Also, recurring sadness is not present. Next time you feel sad, just let it out, alone or with people, let it out and feel better!!

Military Service, Even Without Combat, Can Change Personality and Make Vets Less Agreeable, Research Suggests

Summary: It's no secret that battlefield trauma can leave veterans with deep emotional scars that impact their ability to function in civilian life. But new research led by Washington University in St. Louis suggests that military service, even without combat, has a subtle lingering effect on a man's personality, making it potentially more difficult for veterans to get along with friends, family and co-workers.

Impact: hope this will help the troops.

Critic: Interesting

Reference: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217101908.htm

Easy tests to predict dementia and stroke risk

Easy tests to predict dementia and stroke risk
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215185850.html
Easy tests such as hand grip strength and walking speed may help
doctors determine how likely a middle-aged person will suffer from
a stroke or develop dementia. Stronger hand grip strength was
associated with a 42 percent lower risk of stroke or transient
ischemic attack in people over 65. Faster walking speeds in middle
age was associated with one-and-a-half times lower risk of dementia.
More than 2,400 people with an average age of 62 were followed
for eleven years. The researchers studied cognitive function, walking
speed, and hand grip strength. The researchers found that
stronger hand grip strength was associated with larger total brain
volume and better ability to identify similarites among objects on cognitive
tests. Slower walking speed was associated with lower brain volume
and poorer performance on memory, language, and memory tests.
The results will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th
Annual Meeting in April and the study was supported by the National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the National Institute on Aging.
The researchers were not able to explain why there is a correlation
between slower walking speeds and dementia or hand strength and
stroke. And there was no explanation why there was smaller brain volume and
poorer cognitive testing with slower walking speeds. Further research is
needed to find the reason or if there is some preclinical disease that could
cause slower walking and decreased strength. There wasn't a specific
amount of decrease in hand strength or walking speed that is considered
riskier. This study didn't recommend exercises to keep up hand strength
or recommend walking at a moderate speed throughout middle age. The
presentation at the Neurology meeting will most likely be very boring and
not really very informative.

Anger Management

We've all felt it before, anger. It is a fact of everyday life, whether you lost your luggage at the airport or if you've been picked on for a long time. Ussually when we feel anger we have fantasies of revenge against the wrong do-er in our head. However, this can escalate from fantasy to reality. There are certain ways in which we may avoid these realities. For instance, if you feel like your about to lose it take a short while for yourself to calm down. Once that is done attempt to find out why you are angry. once you figure that out find strategies in which you may deal with this anger. One method could be to take a short walk in the park or on a tredmil. One important thing we must remember is to accept anger as a fact of life and not try to bottle it up, otherwise it can turn into depression.

I think anger is a healthy emotion for everybody so we have to make suer we're not underdoing it, but we do not want to overdo it either. It's sort of like a moderation thing, such as alcohol.

Reference: http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/anger_how_it_affects_people?open