Imagine walking through a park and suddenly spotting a bear. Normally your heart starts beating faster and your blood vessels constrict. That's the sympathetic nervous system preparing your body for a "flight or fight" response. ...
Jun 13, 2024
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In June 2016, the German national football team was gearing up to face Slovakia in the European championship. With pulses set to race among thousands of fans in the crunch match in host country France, a group of scientists ...
Jun 12, 2024
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A new editorial paper titled "CCR4-NOT complex in stress resistance and longevity in C. elegans" has been published in Aging.
Jun 11, 2024
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Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans served in the United States Army for 27 years until a rocket blast in Afghanistan brought her career to an abrupt end in 2006. At just 46 years old, Evans was left with near-total hearing ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Discontinuing absorbent pajama pants (APP) is associated with a 10% complete resolution rate among children with severe childhood nocturnal enuresis, according to a study recently published online in the European Journal ...
Jun 4, 2024
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While mentally stimulating activities and life experiences can improve cognition in memory clinic patients, stress undermines this beneficial relationship. This is according to a study, titled "Cognitive reserve, cortisol, ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Federal health advisers are weighing the first-of-a-kind approval of MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD—part of a decadeslong effort by psychedelic advocates to win medical acceptance for the drug's ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Can mindfulness meditation be good medicine for both mental and physical ills?
Jun 3, 2024
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Stress during childhood is associated with earlier substance use in male and female adolescents, according to a study presented Saturday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Boston, Mass. Traumatic events ...
Jun 1, 2024
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Residential segregation is an example of the long history of structural racism in the United States. Black Americans are more likely to live in low-quality neighborhoods, which contributes to disparities in health outcomes. ...
May 30, 2024
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