http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New data from an Internet-based study show that patients with head and neck cancers (HNC) may be at risk for significant late effects after their treatment, but they're unlikely to discuss these and other survivorship care issues with their doctors. The findings, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will be presented Monday, June 4, at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago. The research team says the study reinforces the need to improve survivorship care for patients as they complete their active treatment, better educate patients about late effects they may experience, and encourage them to report these problems to their healthcare providers so they can be addressed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-side-effects-neck-cancer-treatments.html Cancer Thu, 31 May 2012 11:07:15 EST news257681229 When blood sugar levels in diabetes are poorly controlled, patients tend to have more complications such as depression and other mood disturbances, including anxiety and anger, and a lower overall quality of life. A better understanding of the relationship between glycemic variability and psychological disorders can lead to more effective strategies for patient management, as presented in articles published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Two related articles on this topic are available free on the Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics website. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-link-mood-glucose-diabetes.html Pediatrics Wed, 02 May 2012 11:17:13 EST news255176203 (Medical Xpress) -- For most of history, people have assumed that facial expressions are generally universal; a smile by someone of any cultural group generally is an expression of happiness or pleasure, for example. This whole line of thinking was backed up by Charles Darwin who proposed that all humans have six basic facial expressions, which correspond to six general types of emotions: anger, sadness, happiness, fear, disgust and surprise. Unfortunately, new research by a team looking into whether this common assumption is true has found, as they discuss in their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that such perceptions are likely distorted by the fact that most studies on the subject don’t look at the differences between cultures, and that when subjected to study, don't appear to hold up under scrutiny. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-group-facial-universal-thought.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:30:01 EST news253879179 or inactions? This was the key question behind recent studies led by Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Exline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-protest-god-perspectives-cwru-psychology.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:02 EST news251977686 Economic setbacks, work pressures and the annoyances of daily life – such as long lines and rush-hour traffic – can cause otherwise calm people to snap and lose their cool. But when anger begins to affect personal relationships, on-the-job performance and physical health, it’s time for an intervention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-uncontrolled-anger-soldier-enemy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:22:58 EST news249650569 Researchers have found that parents of young children who anger easily and over-react are more likely to have toddlers who act out and become upset easily. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-over-reactive-parenting-linked-negative-emotions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:27 EST news249040536 (Medical Xpress) -- The happiest young couples may be involved in a different kind of engagement. Young adults who easily engage in rewarding conversations with their partners are less likely to hold onto anger and stress and more likely to be satisfied with the relationship, according to research from Kansas State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-optimal-conversations-young-couples-relationship.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:30:01 EST news247994155 The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but that sexual assaults increased. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-army-suicides-sex-assaults.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:01 EST news246254857 Contrary to what many psychological scientists think, people do not all have the same set of biologically "basic" emotions, and those emotions are not automatically expressed on the faces of those around us, according to the author of a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. This means a recent move to train security workers to recognize "basic" emotions from expressions might be misguided. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-darwin-wrong-emotions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:32:49 EST news243012684 Girls may be sugar and spice, but "everything nice" takes a back seat when friends let them down. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-girls-anger-sadness-boys-friends.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:13:17 EST news241157581 Understanding the line between harmless teasing and abusive bullying can mean the difference between interfering parents and those who help their children overcome painful child abuse, according to the newly appointed director of the University at Buffalo's Dr. Jean Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-dont-bullying-primer.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:17:27 EST news234001026 There is a growing awareness that psychological factors play a major role in triggering and modulating the progression of ischemic heart disease. Negative emotions such as hostility, anger, depression, anxiety and social isolation are cardio-toxic, whereas positive feelings characterized by imagination, empathy, and spiritual interests are cardio-protective. A type D (for Distress) personality is described as someone with the tendency to live negative emotions and experience strong inhibitions to express them, and has been associated with a special vulnerability to ischemic heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-anger-long-term-mortality-patients-myocardial.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:25:18 EST news233835889 Researchers at The University of Nottingham are to investigate whether the therapeutic effects of clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with their feelings of anger, anxiety and depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-emotions-potential-therapy-disturbed-teenagers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:10:18 EST news233320191 Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that anger used by managers in the construction industry has a positive impact and contributes to the success of a project. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-good-angry.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:10:01 EST news232167110 (Medical Xpress) -- A baby is set on the floor to play with other babies and she yanks a toy away from a playmate or shoves him in frustration or anger. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-baby-anger-family.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:40:01 EST news228457888 Coming out as lesbian, gay, or bisexual increases emotional well-being even more than earlier research has indicated. But the psychological benefits of revealing one's sexual identity -- less anger, less depression, and higher self-esteem – are limited to supportive settings, shows a study published June 20 in Social Psychology and Personality Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-good.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:56:47 EST news227760991 While violent video games may lead to more aggression and anger in players, a new study shows that the opposite is also true: relaxing video games can make people happier and more kind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-kinder-gentler-video-games-good.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:57:56 EST news226573058 Art therapy could be the perfect medium to help soothe women who may face a rollercoaster of extreme emotions during and after their pregnancy, according to new University of Derby research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-art-therapy-angry-mothers.html Health Tue, 17 May 2011 09:41:59 EST news224844106 On September 11, 2001, the air was sizzling with anger—and the anger got hotter as the hours passed. That, anyway, was one finding of a 2010 analysis by Mitja Back, Albrecht Küfner, and Boris Egloff of 85,000 pager messages sent that day. The researchers employed a commonly used tool called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, or LIWC, which teases out information from the frequency of word usages in texts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-americans-angry-thought.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 May 2011 11:25:39 EST news224245528 Women with congestive heart failure who repress their emotions, especially anger, are more likely than emotionally expressive women to experience symptoms of depression associated with knowledge about their disease, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-knowledge-women-heart-disease.html Cardiology Wed, 04 May 2011 10:43:21 EST news223724552