Psychology & Psychiatry
Study details stress-diabetes link
A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain's ability to control anxiety.
Jun 6, 2016
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
Psychology & Psychiatry
Altered purine metabolism linked to depression
People suffering from major depressive disorder may have altered purine metabolism, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Purines are nitrogenous compounds that serve ...
May 17, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Two studies of veterans link PTSD to accelerated aging
We've all heard of people "aging overnight" after a traumatic event. Scientists actually have a word for this phenomenon: "Marie Antoinette Syndrome," named for the French queen. When she was captured after fleeing Paris ...
Feb 3, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress inhibits spatial perception
Neuroscientists of Collaborative Research Centre 874 at the Ruhr University Bochum have investigated the effects of stress on the perception of scenes and faces. In a behavioural study, they compared the results of stressed ...
Jan 28, 2016
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Diabetes
New model sheds light on the relationship between Alzheimer and diabetes
Recently, many epidemiological studies have found links between diabetes and Alzheimer´s disease. Researchers consider diabetes to be a significant risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, the ...
Jan 12, 2016
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Health
Sins of the father could weigh on the next generation, study shows
The amount of food consumed by fathers could have a direct impact on their unborn children's health and wellbeing, according to new RMIT University research.
Dec 1, 2015
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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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hypersexual disorder linked to overactive stress systems
New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that hypersexual disorder – known popularly as sex addiction – can be linked to hyperactive stress systems. In a stress regulation test using the cortisone drug ...
Nov 2, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How adult children with problems affect parents' well-being
You did everything you could to raise them right and keep them safe, but their lives aren't turning out the way you'd planned. Maybe they're drinking too much. Or they're heading for divorce. Or they can't seem to manage ...
Oct 16, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do women experience negative emotions differently than men?
Women react differently to negative images compared to men, which may be explained by subtle differences in brain function. This neurobiological explanation for women's apparent greater sensitivity has been demonstrated by ...
Sep 23, 2015
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