Psychology & Psychiatry

'Tis the season for seasonal affective disorder

(HealthDay)—Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs in some people due to decreased amounts of daylight during the winter.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lung treatment may help patients with severe emphysema

The first long-term clinical trial on the use of Lung Volume Reduction (LVR-) Coil treatment in patients with severe emphysema has found that the minimally-invasive therapy, which enables the lung to function more effectively, ...

Neuroscience

Hand transplant recovery sheds new light on touch

Recovery of feeling can gradually improve for years after a hand transplant. That's the suggestion from a small study that points to changes in the brain, not just the new hand, as a reason.

Psychology & Psychiatry

How well do you know your own feelings?

A patient screamed, "I'm not angry." Another on finding out about their partners infidelity claimed "I'm not jealous, just disappointed." And they believed it, at least in the heat of the moment. But were they right?

Neuroscience

Brain's dynamic duel underlies win-win choices

People choosing between two or more equally positive outcomes experience paradoxical feelings of pleasure and anxiety, feelings associated with activity in different regions of the brain, according to research led by Amitai ...

Health

Partners of miscarriage sufferers 'ignored'

The partners of women who miscarry often feel invisible, ignored and sidelined during and after miscarriage – and unable to talk about their own feelings of loss and pain – according to new findings from UCL and the Miscarriage ...

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