Chronic stress has far-reaching consequences for our bodies. For example, many stress-related psychiatric illnesses, such as depression, are associated with changes in the immune system. However, the underlying mechanisms ...
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Nearly four years after the first case of COVID-19 reached the United States, researchers want to learn more about what impacted varying rates of the virus' outbreak and spread. One question in particular piqued the interest ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Researchers have found that adolescents being bullied by their peers are at greater risk of the early stages of psychotic episodes and in turn experience lower levels of a key neurotransmitter in a part of the brain involved ...
Feb 5, 2024
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Expected life span for human beings has been extended significantly over the last century, thanks to medical advancements that have resulted in vaccines to prevent common infectious diseases, improved sanitation practices ...
Feb 1, 2024
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In their daily lives, humans can encounter many situations that can put them at a varying degree of risk, or in other words, situations in which their choices can increase or decrease the possibility that an adverse event ...
As we approach the four-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation continues to be pervasive and negatively impact public health. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in ...
Jan 31, 2024
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In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body's own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological civil war was largely ...
Jan 31, 2024
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A group of scientists from various hospitals and research centers in Catalonia have published a study in the journal Brain that reveals connections between two devastating brain diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Researchers from McMaster University have found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provided to mothers with postpartum depression (PPD) by public health nurses may lead to adaptive changes in brain development for their ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Excessive stress during adolescence can cause alterations in the profile of genes expressed in the brain, especially those associated with bioenergy functions. These alterations may affect cell respiration, resulting in behavioral ...
Jan 29, 2024
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