Medical research
It's true: Stress does turn hair gray (and it's reversible)
Legend has it that Marie Antoinette's hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791.
Jun 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exposure to toxins makes great granddaughters more susceptible to stress
Scientists have known that toxic effects of substances known as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), found in both natural and human-made materials, can pass from one generation to the next, but new research shows that ...
Aug 25, 2014
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Health
Stress and alcohol 'feed' each other
Acute stress is thought to precipitate alcohol drinking. Yet the ways that acute stress can increase alcohol consumption are unclear. A new study investigated whether different phases of response to an acute stressor can ...
Jul 15, 2011
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Neuroscience
How stress can tweak the brain to sabotage self-control
A challenging morning meeting or an interaction with an upset client at work may affect whether we go for that extra chocolate bar at lunch. In a study appearing August 5 in Neuron, researchers placed human volunteers in ...
Aug 5, 2015
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Addiction
Researchers identify possible therapeutic target for depression, addiction
Researchers studying mice are getting closer to understanding how stress affects mood and motivation for drugs.
Aug 10, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Being bullied can cause PTSD in children, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Problems caused by bullying do not necessarily cease when the abuse stops. Recent research at the Universitiy of Stavanger (UiS) and Bergen's Center for Crisis Psychology in Norway shows that victims may ...
Nov 5, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Half of moms of kids with autism have high depressive symptoms
About 50% of all mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had elevated levels of depressive symptoms over 18 months, while rates were much lower (6% to 13.6%) for mothers with neurotypical children in the same ...
Aug 26, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress disrupts our ability to plan ahead
New research from Stanford University has found that stress can hinder our ability to develop informed plans by preventing us from being able to make decisions based on memory.
Apr 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The far-reaching effects of antidepressants
When University of Ottawa biologists Marilyn Vera-Chang and Vance Trudeau began to study the effects of a popular antidepressant on reproduction levels in zebrafish, they stumbled across something that changed the course ...
Dec 11, 2018
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Neuroscience
Why some stress is good for you? Acute stress primes the brain to do better on memory tasks two weeks later
(Medical Xpress)—Overworked and stressed out? Look on the bright side. Some stress is good for you.
Apr 16, 2013
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