Gerontology & Geriatrics
Mood swings, memory troubles: Minding the mental toll of menopause
Menopause and the years before it may make you feel like you're losing your mind.
Dec 21, 2022
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Medications
Opinion: Putting patients first in prescription opioid regulation
When I agreed to lead the Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis, I knew I was striding into a combat zone. For the past quarter century, the medical community—as well as the rest of the country—has ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
Activating an amygdala-brainstem pathway relieves pain and improves emotional state in rats
Activating a circuit between the amygdala and brainstem relieves pain and reduces defensive behaviors in rats, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
Jun 6, 2022
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Medications
Can over-the-counter pain meds influence thoughts and emotions?
Over-the-counter pain medicine such as Ibuprofen and acetaminophen may influence how people process information, experience hurt feelings, and react to emotionally evocative images, according to recent studies. Examining ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
True happiness isn't about being happy all the time
Over the past two decades, the positive psychology movement has brightened up psychological research with its science of happiness, human potential and flourishing. It argues that psychologists should not only investigate ...
Jan 10, 2018
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Health
Does your back feel stiff? Well, it may not actually be stiff, study finds
"My back feels so stiff!" We often hear our friends say.
Sep 26, 2017
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Health
Is back stiffness just a trick of the mind?
Is back stiffness all in the mind? New scientific evidence from a University of South Australia researcher shows – for the first time – that feelings of back stiffness may purely be a protective mechanism to avoid further ...
Aug 30, 2017
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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 ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Neuroscience
Mind over gray matter: Placebo improves both pleasure and pain
(Medical Xpress)—The human brain's exquisite complexity and power make it a unique evolutionary marvel. One of the brain's more interesting abilities is known as the placebo effect, in which no more than the expectation ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
The How-to Parenting Program improves the mental health of children
While children of all ages will be heading back to school in a few days, a new study from the Université de Montréal may encourage their parents to return to the classroom themselves ... at least for a few evenings! The ...
Aug 20, 2013
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