Psychology & Psychiatry
Beware of evening stress
Stressful events in the evening release less of the body's stress hormones than those that happen in the morning, suggesting possible vulnerability to stress in the evening.
Nov 27, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Singing may reduce stress, improve motor function for people with Parkinson's disease
Singing may provide benefits beyond improving respiratory and swallow control in people with Parkinson's disease, according to new data from Iowa State University researchers.
Nov 7, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research shows how service dogs can help veterans with PTSD
For veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, service dogs might be able to offer both behavioral and physiological benefits to help counter some of those symptoms, according to research that is being led by ...
Nov 6, 2018
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Neuroscience
Stressed out? Study suggests it may affect memory, brain size in middle age
Middle-aged people with high levels of a hormone called cortisol in their blood have impaired memory when compared to those with average levels of the hormone, even before symptoms of memory loss started to show, according ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Pediatrics
For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects
For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels of hormones related to mother-infant attachment (oxytocin) and stress (cortisol) - and may increase parents' ...
Oct 18, 2018
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Pediatrics
Maternal trauma associated with low male infant birthweight
(HealthDay)—Higher lifetime trauma among women is associated with decreased birthweight among male offspring, according to a study published Sept. 6 in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Oct 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Fathers' postnatal hormone levels predict later caregiving, study shows
Much has been written about what happens to mothers hormonally during pregnancy and after, but what about fathers?
Oct 4, 2018
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Pediatrics
Women who experienced higher levels of trauma gave birth to significantly smaller male babies
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found significantly lower birth weights in male infants—an average decrease of 38 grams, or approximately 1.3 ounces—born ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Reproductive hormones related to how attractive a woman smells
Reproductive hormones control a woman's monthly cycle and regulate fertility. Reproductive hormones are also related to how attractive a woman smells a study now shows. Researchers at the University of Bern demonstrate that ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress during pregnancy increases risk of mood disorders for female offspring
High maternal levels of the stress hormone cortisol during pregnancy increase anxious and depressive-like behaviors in female offspring at the age of 2, reports a new study in Biological Psychiatry. The effect of elevated ...
Aug 16, 2018
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