https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Dancers—like those we love to watch on TV—make competition look easy, but new University of Alberta research lifts the curtain on the stresses they face and how they cope. The findings are published in the journal Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-ways-competitive-dancers-cope-stress.html Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:04:26 EST news689421841 New research from Michigan State University finds that how young adults recall adverse childhood experiences fluctuates based on the current quality of their relationships—particularly with their parents. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-young-adults-memories-childhood-adversity.html Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:40:01 EST news689077964 Older people are better at reading facial expressions than younger people in real-life situations, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. The study, published in Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, found that older adults were better at deciphering facial expressions than their younger counterparts but only in a "real-life" context. The effect was reversed when all context was removed. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-granny-reveals-older-adults-emotions.html Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:19:49 EST news688814341 People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a "radically different perspective" on one of the most puzzling elements of psychosis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-psychosis-patients-metaphor-radically-shifts.html Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:30:08 EST news687429421 Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol help the brain build emotional memories? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-stress-hormones-brain-networks-emotional.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:06:34 EST news684605162 As cancer survivorship rises, many people living with or beyond cancer face lasting physical and emotional challenges—particularly anxiety and depression, which affect about 30% of this population. Emotional distress is often unspoken, leading to fear, despair, and diminished quality of life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-cancer-explores-modalities-survivors.html Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:32:06 EDT news679825922 Our new study highlights a crucial, but often hidden, aspect of child health—the mental health impact of living with two or more neurodevelopmental conditions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-kids-reveals-hidden-burden-multiple.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:10:03 EDT news679750689 How can we explain the erratic, reckless, or even aggressive behavior of certain people in the public spotlight? An international research team consisting of members from Freie Universität Berlin, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, and University Psychiatric Clinics Basel has investigated the specific psychodynamic mechanisms constituting the distinguishing features of personality disorders. Its findings could help to explain the factors underlying erratic, narcissistic, or even aggressive behavior. The results were recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-vulnerability-destructive-behavior.html Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:52:02 EDT news679143121 Young people today are growing up in an increasingly complex world—and arguably suffering as a result. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-kids-bodies-healthy-mind.html Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:48:04 EDT news678617281 Preterm birth, or birth before 37 weeks' gestation, can in some cases be linked to the mother's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 National Conference & Exhibition, held at the Colorado Convention Center from Sept. 26–30. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-maternal-exposure-adverse-childhood-preterm.html Fri, 26 Sep 2025 03:00:01 EDT news678009851 What makes an admission to a mental health unit a more or less traumatic experience, and what role do nurses play in this experience? A study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing focuses on a question that is as sensitive as it is little explored: the perception of quality of care as a factor that can make a big difference in mental health care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-quality-coercion-mental-health.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:40:01 EDT news677168088 Breathwork while listening to music may induce a blissful state in practitioners, accompanied by changes in blood flow to emotion-processing brain regions, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Amy Amla Kartar from the Colasanti Lab in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, U.K., and colleagues. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-breathwork-states-consciousness-linked-brain.html Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:00:04 EDT news675418141 Lived experience with suicide significantly affected how pharmacists supported at-risk patients and could be used to improve patient care, according to experts at The University of Western Australia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-strategies-suicide-pharmacists.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:34:03 EDT news672478441 New research suggests that psychological richness—a life of perspective-changing experiences—may matter just as much as happiness or meaning. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-psychologists-path-good-life-full.html Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:10:04 EDT news672051125 Pain is an important physiological response in living organisms. While physical pain is an outcome of tissue damage, pain can manifest as diverse unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-stress-heighten-prolong-pain-mice.html Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:50:04 EDT news672050367 A new study describes factors associated with self-reported climate anxiety in the United States. The study was published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Katherine Kricorian from For Good Measure, United States, and colleagues Karin Turner and Christopher Kricorian, who is also a current high school student. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-survey-reveals-factors-climate-anxiety.html Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:00:08 EDT news671866034 A team of researchers from TU Dresden and FU Berlin conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the connection between childhood maltreatment and the internal "sense" that allows us to perceive and understand the signals generated by our own bodies, known as interoception. The results have now been published in the journal Nature Mental Health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-emotional-abuse-childhood-erode-body.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:18:03 EDT news671109481 Xiaowei Gu and Joshua Johansen at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered key circuitry in the rat brain that allows the learning of inferred emotions. The study reveals how the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala—a brain region important for simple forms of emotional learning—to make this higher-order emotional ability possible. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-brain-infer-emotions.html Wed, 14 May 2025 11:00:19 EDT news666360062 Losing a parent or caregiver at any age is a traumatic and emotional experience, but when a child loses a parent, it can profoundly affect their development and well-being throughout multiple stages of their life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-parent-children-bullied.html Wed, 07 May 2025 12:00:03 EDT news665837419 A multidisciplinary team led by the University of Liège has proposed a unified neuroscientific model explaining the mechanisms behind near-death experiences (NDEs), drawing on converging empirical findings across neurobiology, psychology, and evolutionary theory. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-neuroscientific-death-physiological-pattern.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:00:01 EDT news662804575 Making decisions in uncertain situations is part of daily life. New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School has uncovered that anxiety and apathy—two common but distinct emotional states—lead to fundamentally different patterns in how people learn and make decisions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-anxiety-apathy-emotional-states-fundamentally.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:57:03 EST news660322621 Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-children-traumatic-higher-obesity.html Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:10:08 EST news656080891 A team of neuroscience researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reports in Science the discovery of a new genetic regulatory mechanism involved in behavioral adaptations to emotional experiences in a preclinical model. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-rnadna-sandwich-plays-key-role.html Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:00:02 EST news653215621 Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are very common among adolescents, with 80.5 percent experiencing at least one ACE, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in Pediatrics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-percent-teens-adverse-childhood.html Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:40:01 EDT news649350709 Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common in U.S. high school students, according to research published in a supplement to the Oct. 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-adverse-childhood-common-high-school.html Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:00:02 EDT news647696682 Menopause is having a bit of a moment, with less stigma and more awareness about the changes it can bring. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-good-menopause-yep.html Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:03:03 EDT news647521381 New research shows the connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as physical or emotional abuse, and an increased risk of people growing up to be abusive against older generations. While generational trauma is known to be passed down from parent to child, the study showed that it can also reverberate upwards from parent to older generations. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-chain-intergenerational-violence-link-adverse.html Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:01 EDT news646656834 New research suggests that a family member's cancer diagnosis may increase first-degree relatives' and spouses' risks of developing psychological and cardiovascular illnesses. The findings are published in the journal Cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-coping-cancer-diagnosis-contribute-psychological.html Mon, 09 Sep 2024 03:10:01 EDT news644831402 Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of the brain important for coping with stress and controlling negative emotions, our recently published research found. And children in families with low economic resources are particularly at risk. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-late-bedtimes-brains-poorer-kids.html Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:41:04 EDT news640521662 Our health, well-being and behavior are shaped by our childhood experiences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-childhood-trauma-linked-distrust-health.html Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:10:01 EDT news638709057