Psychology & Psychiatry
Top tips to maintain a healthy routine while staying at home
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious global health risk.
Apr 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stockpile on sleep, not supermarket staples to protect from COVID-19
As panic-buyers continue to leave supermarket shelves bare, University of South Australia sleep experts are reminding people that it's sleep that they need to stockpile if they want to ensure the best possible health during ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Neuroscience
Can light therapy help improve mood in people with concussion?
People with mild traumatic brain injury who are exposed to early morning blue light therapy may experience a decrease in depression and other concussion symptoms, according to a preliminary study released today that will ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers uncover potential new therapy for concussion-related headaches
As she jumped to head a soccer ball during her junior year of college, Kelly Farrell collided skulls with a teammate. She later was diagnosed with a concussion, which proved to be severely debilitating.
Feb 19, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Light therapy holds promise for people with bipolar disorder
Light therapy, consisting of daily exposure to bright, artificial light, is already a recognized line of treatment for people affected by seasonal and nonseasonal depressive disorder.
Feb 4, 2020
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Medications
Melatonin for jet lag shouldn't be available on NHS concludes expert review
Patients shouldn't be prescribed melatonin for jet lag on the NHS, and its use for this indication should be added to the list of treatments that are not routinely funded by the health service, concludes an expert review ...
Jan 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
Three types of cells help the brain tell day from night
Bright light at night interrupts the body's normal day-night cycles, called circadian rhythms, and can trigger insomnia. In fact, circadian rhythms play a major role in health. Disrupted day-night cycles have even been linked ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What you should know about meningitis
Getting the news your child, teenager or even their classmate or friend has meningitis can be an alarming experience. However, knowing more about the disease can help parents recognize the signs and symptoms as well as help ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Shedding light on how the human eye perceives brightness
Japanese scientists are shedding new light on the importance of light-sensing cells in the retina that process visual information. The researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and demonstrated their crucial ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
Pupillary response to glare illusions of different colors
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology formed a research team with the University of Oslo to measure the size of subjects' pupils when viewing a brightness illusion (glare ...
Aug 8, 2019
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