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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Music makes us move even when we don't like it

The pleasurable urge to move to music -- to groove -- appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we generally enjoy music, according to a new article. That groove response is so strong it is even found in people with musical anhedonia, those who take little or no pleasure from music. Researchers compared groove responses to more than 50 short pieces of music in people with musical anhedonia and non-anhedonic controls and found that for people with anhedonia, the urge to move appears to drive their experience of pleasure. That suggests that the blunted pleasure sensation found in people with musical anhedonia is compensated by the urge to move.

Cancer's ripple effect may promote blood clot formation in the lungs

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients -- not from other organ sites, as previously thought -- according to a preclinical study. Clots are the second-leading cause of death among cancer patients with advanced disease or aggressive tumors.

Decluttering can be stressful − a clinical psychologist explains how personal values can make it easier

I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my grandparents passed away. One box was labeled – either ironically or genuinely – “toothpick holders and other treasures.” Inside were many keepsakes from moments now lost to history – although we found no toothpick holders.

My favorite of the items we sorted through was a solitary puzzle piece, an artifact reflecting my late grandmother’s penchant...

How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn

After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases ^[1] in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia ^[2].

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May 2024 an estimated 3% decrease in overdose deaths ^[3] in the U.S. in 2023 compared with 2022. Shortly after, data from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health ^[4] showed a similar trend: Fatal overdoses across the city decreased 7% in...

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