People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face a higher risk of heart disease at an earlier age than people without PTSD. A new study helps explain why.
Apr 27, 2020
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People who have survived a suicide attempt are less sensitive to bodily signals related to their heart and breath, and have a higher tolerance for pain, suggest new findings published today in eLife.
Apr 7, 2020
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New insights into how the colon functions and actually expels its contents have been revealed for the first time following decades of study by Flinders University researchers.
Oct 29, 2019
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The inability to tolerate light touch is a telltale feature of autism and one of the disorder's many perplexing symptoms. It has defied treatment, and its precise origins have remained somewhat of a mystery.
Aug 8, 2019
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What is resilience? And why can trauma and stress leave one person reeling, while someone else may coast through the same troubles with just a shrug and a smile?
Jul 3, 2019
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A study performed in Brazil by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP) suggests that overweight and obese adolescents have similar increased risks of developing heart disorders. The results of cardiovascular ...
May 21, 2019
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A new University of Virginia study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself—when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system. The finding has implications for ...
Apr 2, 2019
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A rapid, non-invasive eye exam that uses innovative imaging technology effectively measures the severity of disease in patients with a rare neurodegenerative disease called Friedrich ataxia, according to a study by Weill ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Health experts have warned for years that men and women with excess abdominal fat run a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems. However, individuals with abdominal or central obesity are not the only ones in danger, ...
Jan 29, 2019
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During the five years before people develop the first clinically recognized signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), they are up to four times more likely to be treated for nervous system disorders such as pain or sleep problems, ...
Jul 16, 2018
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