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Postpartum Depression Spotted On Twitter? Microsoft Studies Tweets To Identify Depressed Moms

By Susan Scutti | May 03, 2013 02:20 PM EDT

Microsoft researchers are developing diagnostic tools to analyze new moms' social media posts for signs of behavioral health.

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College Students’ Adderall Abuse Trends on Twitter During Finals

By Ashik Siddique | May 01, 2013 07:02 PM EDT

College students’ Twitter trending patterns reveal where and when they are most likely to use the ADHD medication Adderall, the most commonly abused prescription stimulant. What are they tweeting about the study drug?

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Too Much Social Media? Overuse Can Damage Romantic Relationships

By Ashik Siddique | Apr 10, 2013 12:44 AM EDT

Online social media overuse can damage romantic relationships, suggests new research. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram... how many social networks is too many for keeping the romance alive?

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‘Twitter Diet’ May Help Users Lose More Weight

By Makini Brice | Jan 15, 2013 04:11 PM EST

A study found that dieters could lose as much as 0.5 percent of their body weight from every ten tweets they sent out.

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Algorithm Can Sniff Out True Tweets From False Ones

By Makini Brice | Dec 17, 2012 04:22 PM EST

New academic research is being undertaken in an effort to establish which tweets are truthful and which ones are lying.

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The Best Time to Work, Eat, Tweet and Facebook

By Nikki Tucker | Sep 27, 2012 02:34 PM EDT

New research suggests if you conduct your activities around your optimal time, you may be able to better perform tasks and, in turn, make better use of the time you do have.

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Psychopaths Tweet Differently: Twitter Exposes Your Mental Health

By Christine Hsu | Aug 27, 2012 01:38 PM EDT

While psychopaths, often described as people who are superficially charming and extremely intelligent, are very hard to spot in the real world, they can easily be found virtually on Twitter, scientists claim.

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