Psychology & Psychiatry
Step away from the table: Why you keep eating when you're full
Ever eaten that last slice of pizza, even though you've had enough? Or polished off kids' leftovers, despite already feeling full?
Dec 31, 2021
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Medications
Providing chronic pain relief without the pills
Nicole Zeig still vividly remembers how it felt the first time she took a prescription painkiller.
Oct 14, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mood swings of bipolar patients can be predicted, study shows
The future mood swings of people with bipolar disorder can be predicted by their current thoughts and behaviour, a study published today (Tuesday) has found.
Apr 19, 2011
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Neuroscience
Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence.
Mar 15, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses
Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading ...
Feb 18, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Documenting three good things could improve your mental well-being in work
The UK is facing a mental health crisis in the workplace. Around 4.6m working people – 64% of the British population – suffer from either depression or anxiety. In total, 25% of all EU citizens will report a mental health ...
Sep 4, 2017
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Medical research
Chronic exposure to light at night causes depression, learning issues, research shows
For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. Enter Thomas Edison, and with a flick of a switch, night became day, enabling us to work, play and post cat and kid photos on Facebook into the wee hours.
Nov 14, 2012
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Health
Shift work linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed
Shift work is linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Mar 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, study suggests
The debilitating behaviours and all-consuming thoughts, which affect people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), could be significantly improved with targeted deep brain stimulation, according to new research ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
'Brainy' mice raise hope of better treatments for cognitive disorders
It sheds light on the molecular underpinnings of learning and memory and could form the basis for research into new treatments for age-related cognitive decline, cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, ...
Aug 14, 2015
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