Stress

Gastroenterology

Stress, stomach pain: diarrhea, constipation, ulcers & more

You may be struggling with stomach pain and digestive distress without understanding why, thinking it might be something you ate.

Apr 7, 2023

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Neuroscience

New genetic finding provides clue for personalizing depression treatment

A team of scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has identified a stress-regulated gene that plays a role in the link between long-term stress and a common type of depressive behavior in mice. Specifically, ...

Apr 7, 2023

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Medical research

Deaths by suicide increase significantly during the week of a full moon, finds study

For centuries, people have suspected a full moon in the sky to cause mysterious changes in people. Now, psychiatrists at Indiana University School of Medicine have found deaths by suicide increase during the full moon.

Apr 7, 2023

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Experiencing trauma can change some people's outlook on life—sometimes for the better

Traumatic experiences are surprisingly common, with about three-quarters of the population dealing with some form of trauma at least once in their lives. This might mean experiencing things like abuse, violence or natural ...

Apr 6, 2023

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Fos levels in mouse brain linked to degree of susceptibility to depression from stress

A team of neurobiologists at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, working with a pair of colleagues from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, both in Japan, has found that mice with lower levels of Fos (short and ...

Apr 6, 2023 report

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Oncology & Cancer

Alternative glucose breakdown ensures the survival of cancer cells

A key enzyme in sugar metabolism is inactivated particularly easily and efficiently by oxidative stress. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now shown that with this ...

Apr 6, 2023

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