Daily Digest: 26 September 2012

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Screening, counseling helps reduce risky drinking

Screening adults aged 18 and older for alcohol misuse and brief behavioral counseling interventions can help adults with risky or hazardous drinking reduce their alcohol intake, according to a new draft recommendation statement posted by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Read more…

Innovations will lead to better treatment, assessment for children

Researchers in Georgia Tech’s Center for Behavior Imaging have developed two new technological tools that automatically measure relevant behaviors of children, and promise to have significant impact on the understanding of behavioral disorders such as autism. Read more…

Ready for Your Close-Up? Distance at Which Facial Photos Are Taken Influences Perception, Study Shows

As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” For people in certain professions — acting, modeling, and even politics — this phrase rings particularly true. Read more…

Lower IQs Linked To Less Happiness

People with lower IQs tend to be less happy and have poorer health in general than individuals with higher IQs, researchers from University College London reported in Psychological Medicine. Read more…

Physical And Mental Health Boosted By Move To Less Impoverished Neighborhoods

Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study published in Science by researchers at the University of Chicago and partners at other institutions. Read more…