Health
Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness
A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
Jun 8, 2016
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News tagged with stress hormones
Medical research
Statins may shield unborn babies from mother's stress, study suggests
Statins could protect the hearts of babies in the womb from the adverse effects of their mother's stress, research suggests.
May 16, 2016
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Neuroscience
Tracing the scent of fear: Study identifies neurons, brain region involved in rodent stress response
The odor of bobcat urine, if you ever get a chance to take a whiff, is unforgettable—like rotten meat combined with sweat, with something indescribably feral underlying it. To humans, it's just nose-wrinklingly disgusting.
Mar 21, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Liking on Facebook good for teens' stress, but being liked... not so much
Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of Montreal and the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal. Led by Professor Sonia Lupien, ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Stress hormones could undermine breast cancer therapy
Recently, researchers have discovered that the hormone progesterone, an ingredient in contraceptives and menopausal hormone replacement therapies, might stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells that are resistant to anti-estrogen ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows early environment has a lasting impact on stress response systems
New University of Washington research finds that children's early environments have a lasting impact on their responses to stress later in life, and that the negative effects of deprived early environments can be mitigated—but ...
Apr 20, 2015
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Health
Stress during pregnancy can affect fetal development
Stress hormones in the mother can affect foetal development, according to a study published today in The Journal of Physiology.
Jan 25, 2015
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Medical research
Blocking hormone could eliminate stress-induced infertility
University of California, Berkeley, scientists have discovered that chronic stress activates a hormone that reduces fertility long after the stress has ended, and that blocking this hormone returns female reproductive behavior ...
Jan 13, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists zeroing in on psychosis risk factors
During the first phase of a major national study, scientists have uncovered a new cluster of preclinical symptoms linked to a significant increase in the risk that a young person will go on to develop a psychotic illness, ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Genetics
Stress reaction may be in your dad's DNA, study finds
Stress in this generation could mean resilience in the next, a new study suggests. Male mice subjected to unpredictable stressors produced offspring that showed more flexible coping strategies when under stress, according ...
Nov 21, 2014
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