The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Wellness

What’s popcorn brain? If you don’t want to find out, step away from that smart phone and get out into the world. [CNN]

New research shows that living in an urban environment can actually alter the chemical makeup of your brain, making you more anxious and stressed than you would be otherwise. [Time]

The cost of misdiagnosing children with bipolar disorder: [Newsweek]

The U.S. government just rolled out nine new designs for cigarette warning labels, coming out next year. And boy, do they do the job! [NY Times]

The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is in 2013, and doctors are already considering which disorders could get the axe. [Huffington Post]

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