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According to the conclusions of a new study published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it would appear that the exposure to fungicides causes autism, obesity, anxiety and stress in lab rats.
These negative effects can be observed in the rodents'... |
24 May 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Experts at the Stanford University School of Medicine have recently found an interesting association between a number of psychiatric disorders and sleepwalking. The research is very important, since the latter can affect roughly 1.1 million people in the United States alone, according to statistics.
That is the equ... |
16 May 2012
08:44 GMT |
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Investigators with the Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute determined in a new study that suffering from anxiety makes bipolar disorder patients experience more severe symptoms.
In other words, anxiety tends to worsen aspects of BPD, such as the number and seriousness of suicidal thoughts, the ... |
14 May 2012
10:13 GMT |
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A combination of modern methods for regulating emotions and ancient meditation practices appears to be very effective for boosting the emotional lives, compassion and calmness levels, in teachers.
Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) found that this approach reduces depression, anxiety... |
29 March 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) were recently able to link anxiety with a very heightened sense of smell in patients. They say that an extremely good olfactory system may be helping these individuals identify potential dangers in their environment with ease.
One of the reasons why this ... |
26 March 2012
10:09 GMT |
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It would seem that millions of people (myself included) are not crazy! Fortunately, a new study revealed the biological underpinnings of the anxiety many of us experience when faced with the dreaded prospect of solving a mathematical problem.
As an interesting side-note, math-induced behavioral disorders have been ... |
22 March 2012
11:10 GMT |
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University of Pittsburgh investigators determined in a new lab study conducted on unsuspecting rats that the adolescent brain is more susceptible to start suffering from conditions such as depression and addiction because it is undergoing a continuous process of development.
The work implies that people's chan... |
21 January 2012
06:58 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by investigators at the University of Georgia, it would appear that women who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) can experience a significant improvement in their symptoms if they start working out.
This discovery is very important because an estimat... |
21 January 2012
06:46 GMT |
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The early results of a study that was conducted in Australia have correlated excessive time spent with video game with a bigger presence of depression and anxiety, although the researcher will need more time to flesh out the results.The study has also found that excessive gamers tend to perform better than they expec... |
10 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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University of Utah Pain Research Center investigators provide evidence that music can sooth the pain of people suffering heavily from anxiety. At the same time, sounds can benefit those who are usually absorbed in various cognitive activities, and can act as a distraction at the same time. One of the more unorthodox ... |
23 December 2011
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A team of experts based at the University of Michigan (U-M) argues that a new study carried out on lab rats has finally revealed the neural pathways fear uses to return to the brain, even after having been suppressed through behavioral approaches.
The reason why this study is important is that all behavioral therap... |
28 November 2011
09:58 GMT |
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the esteemed medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine propose that the family environment in which children grow is a great indicator of their chances of developing bipolar disorder (BPD). These risks increas... |
15 October 2011
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Investigators from the Brown University say that they managed to develop a computer-based approach to reducing people's anxiety that actually seems to work. They report encouraging results following a pilot study they conducted to establish the connection.
The experts say that a wider, more comprehensive rese... |
15 September 2011
09:22 GMT |
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According to a newly-released statistical analysis, it would appear that fighting mental health disorders will be Europe's primary and most difficult challenge over the coming decades. As much as 40 percent of its population is diagnosed with one or more such condition every single year. There are numerous disor... |
6 September 2011
10:56 GMT |
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In a new scientific study researchers at the University of Virginia, in the United States, conducted on unsuspecting mice, the team determined that it may be possible to reduce fear and anxiety symptoms in the tiny rodents by making good use of light.Though this research may seem a bit strange at first, it actually h... |
13 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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A group of researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (WUSM) and the University of Washington in Seattle (UWS) say that they manged to identify a new potential therapeutic target, that could be used to treat depression, anxiety and addiction.Experts arrived at this conclusion following s... |
11 August 2011
04:36 GMT |
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Finnish researchers at the University of Jyväskylä (UJ) say that mixing music therapy with all the standard approaches to treating depression – including drugs, counseling and psychotherapy – contributes to improving the final outcomes for most patients. For many years, numerous researchers have... |
4 August 2011
09:52 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific study, it would appear that adults who employ flexible parenting to raise their children are more likely to have sons and daughters that exhibit lower levels of anxiety and depression than their peers. Similar strategies are known to business executives as flexible (situat... |
2 August 2011
09:13 GMT |
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Teenagers who respond to unclear social situations by adopting a positive perspective on things, rather than simply assuming the worse will happen, are more likely to experience lower levels of anxiety than their peers who tend to develop a negative perspective on things. Teenagers who suffer from anxiety can be set ... |
18 July 2011
03:57 GMT |
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A new study reveals that people who are at an increased risk of suffering from panic attacks, or who experience panic attacks regularly, engaging in physical exercises can result in a considerable reduction of their symptoms. It would appear that regular exercises act as a tonic for the human body, allowing it to bet... |
13 July 2011
07:49 GMT |
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All people go through ups and downs during their lives, but after important events subside, all individuals revert to a set point, a baseline emotions state, if you will. This determines hot content or uneasy that individual's mind is, but what determines this point has thus far been unknown. Some have proposed ... |
27 June 2011
09:18 GMT |
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In a new study, investigators have determined that a clear correlation exits between living in urban areas and the lifelong risk people doing so have of developing mood disorders or anxiety.
In other words, city life has been found to exert a clear influence on nerve, emotion and stress centers in the brain, subj... |
25 June 2011
04:31 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that elevated amounts of the hormone leptin in the human brain might avert some of the symptoms associated with depression, or at least alleviate their intensity. The correlation is especially true in women, researchers say. All test subjects who... |
7 June 2011
10:41 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that teens who are depressed or anxious are a lot more likely to engage in dangerous, risk-taking behaviors while behind the wheel than their peers who are mentally healthy.At the same time, the team who conducted the new investigation learned th... |
17 May 2011
09:14 GMT |
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University of Bristol experts announce the discovery of a protein that plays an important role in underlying the manifestation of anxiety-like symptoms. The discovery is very important, considering the debilitating nature of anxiety, and the large number of people it affects. Official statistics for the United States... |
7 May 2011
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As any parent could tell you, teenagers and young adults are a lot more prone to experiencing stress and anxiety when exposed to situations that would not necessarily elicit the same feelings in an adult. A new research study has just discovered the reason why this difference of perception exists.Experts now say that... |
3 May 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Scientists have recently identified a new set of methods through which anyone can address alexithymia, a condition characterized by people's inability to correctly identify or describe their feelings. According to a new study, simple, affectionate communication with these people could go a long way towards reduc... |
7 April 2011
09:35 GMT |
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Children who grow up suffering from epilepsy have a higher chance than their peers to experience psychiatric symptoms later on in life. Researchers identified that there is also a difference in the intensity and number of such symptoms between boys and girls with the condition. In other words, it would seem that gend... |
28 March 2011
11:34 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that taking some time off from an important, stressful task to do some physical exercises may contribute more to fulfilling that task than not doing so.
Exams, job interviews, deadlines at work and other similar events can boost people'... |
21 March 2011
03:47 GMT |
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A large number of teenagers who suffer from acne say that the condition is having numerous effects on their personal life, in addition to being a cosmetic inconvenience. Scientists found that the teens are more likely to experience anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts as a result. The study, led by investigators... |
17 March 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Stanford University investigators discovered the neural pathways that are responsible for controlling anxiety in the brains of unsuspecting mice, and are convinced that they could translate the findings to humans as well. Brain cell connections determining anxiety-related behavior are tremendously intricate, the team... |
10 March 2011
04:48 GMT |
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In a new scientific investigation, researchers took a closer look at how psychotherapy affects the brain of people who suffer from anxiety disorders. The study was conducted because therapy and medication are the two main courses of treatment doctors prescribe to patients suffering from this condition. These two meth... |
15 February 2011
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At the University of California in Berkeley (UCB), researchers have been trying to understand how people become anxious, and how they deal with this emotion, for a long time. Recently, they managed an important breakthrough, when they identified two neural pathways critical for this process. When disaster strikes, so... |
10 February 2011
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The results of a new scientific investigation seem to indicate that some of the medical complications that can be associated with weight gain and increasing obesity include anxiety and depression. This is one of the first researches to document such a correlation between carrying extra weight and mental predispositio... |
26 January 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) say that they have recently discovered a new potential target for therapies against anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), memory-impairment conditions, and also for diseases such as Alzheimer's.The finding could have a wi... |
7 January 2011
07:54 GMT |
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A team of Iowa University have identified the part of the brain that causes people to feel fear, and this discovery could be a step forward in improving the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, as well as other anxiety conditions.The researchers' case study was a woman who suffered from a rare c... |
17 December 2010
05:56 GMT |
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A new review led by Joke Bradt of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University in Philadelphia and former researcher at Temple University's Arts and Quality of Life Research Center, concluded that patients who need assistance to breathe through mechanical ventilation, can benefit from listening... |
8 December 2010
09:10 GMT |
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Waiting for a diagnosis can be one of the most stressful things in life, even more stressful that knowing you have a serious disease, concluded a study led by researchers from the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.Elvira V. Lang, MD, associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, ... |
29 November 2010
05:57 GMT |
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A new investigation has determined that pleasurable activities such as eating and having intercourse do not only provide pleasure, but also a means of reducing stress, by inhibiting neural pathways in the brain. These effects last for up to seven days, so they can be considered long-term. Experts have known for a lon... |
11 November 2010
14:01 GMT |
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More and more people are quitting smoking but there are still those who refuse to do it, or simply are unable to, so a new study carried out by the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI), tried to find out why.At the end of the research, one reason that gives headaches to smoke... |
26 October 2010
03:47 GMT |
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A new research carried out by Tel Aviv University found out that stress levels of individuals within a social group are equally high.Until recently, it was generally accepted that every individual responded differently to stress, but this new research contradicts everything scientists thought they knew.To test the wa... |
15 October 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Researchers in the United Kingdom have shown in a new study that the minds of dogs are more complex than originally thought. It would appear that Fido can get depressed too, the experts say.When left alone at home for prolonged periods of time, or when family members go to school or work, dogs can become anxious, and... |
12 October 2010
04:29 GMT |
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In an experiment carried out in mice, the separation from their mothers and early weaning, caused hyperactivity and anxiety in the long run.Arthur Simen and a team of researchers from Yale University School of Medicine, USA, carried out a study on their 'maternal separation with early weaning' model in a gr... |
29 September 2010
10:02 GMT |
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A long-term study has recently revealed that people who take a lot of medication against depression and anxiety tend to live shorter lives when compared with peers who don't use such treatments. The 12-year-long investigation was conducted in Canada, mainly on patients suffering from anxiety and depression. More... |
10 September 2010
02:58 GMT |
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Scientists wondered why is it that women tend to be more anxious than men, and they found out that a possible cause might be the level of testosterone.Florida State University researcher and associate professor in the College of Medicine, Mohamed Kabbaj, was recently awarded a five-year $1.8 million grant from the Na... |
2 September 2010
06:39 GMT |
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In the past, summer jobs were the very definition of a young American adult's life. They would work half-time during the summer vacation, earning money and independence, but that trend is now declining fast.Official statistics estimate that at least 26 percent of all young adults in the country are unemployed. T... |
23 August 2010
04:15 GMT |
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People who fear rejection or are insecure about their relationships, have a bigger risk for several health problems like high blood pressure, stroke or even heart attack, a new study revealed. Researchers from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada, focused on relationship uncertainties, also called “insecure... |
24 July 2010
04:11 GMT |
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In a new study, Australian researchers reveal that they have uncovered a new series of factors that impair driving. They say that analysis suggest being stressed or full of anxiety while behind the wheel can have the same devastating effects on driving skills as talking on cell phones. The research, led by experts at... |
1 June 2010
10:08 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) have recently released their conclusions of a review they conducted on a selection of scientific studies dealing with possible cures and courses of treatment for depression and anxiety. These two conditions oftentimes go hand in hand, and the team be... |
2 April 2010
06:00 GMT |
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Many drivers around the world report in studies that driving through tunnels makes them experience increased levels of anxiety. Researchers say that minimal steps taken by authorities could help these people cope better with the road conditions, and avoid a growing number of car crashes taking place underground. Such... |
4 March 2010
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