Stress affects the body and brain in many ways by causing the endocrine system to increase cortisol levels. These spiked levels can be found throughout the body. A study, presented during the 2023 Annual Meeting of The Menopause ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Driven by changing estrogen levels, the menopause transition has a major influence on physiology during aging. Estrogen receptors populate numerous brain regions which explains why cerebral glucose metabolism is affected ...
Sep 27, 2023
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A recent register-based study has examined the impact of Finland's revised clinical guidelines for the treatment of dementia, published in 2017, on the trend of users of psychotropics in older people with dementia in 2009–2020. ...
Sep 25, 2023
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The head coach of the Welsh men's rugby squad, Warren Gatland, has built a reputation as one of the best coaches in the world. But his "intense training methods" have drawn comparisons to waterboarding, and his training programs ...
Sep 22, 2023
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A new form of screening may improve survival rates among people with a fast-growing type of brain tumor by helping identify those most likely to benefit from certain treatments.
Aug 22, 2023
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Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism—an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson's ...
Aug 11, 2023
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The stigma that surrounds people living in larger bodies is pervasive and deeply affects the people it's directed at. It's been described as one of the last acceptable forms of discrimination.
Jul 31, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of health care workers across the world. Most reported increased levels of stress and anxiety early in the pandemic from constant exposure to patient deaths and later ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Cortisol levels in late pregnancy can predict the sleep of infants, according to a new study to be presented on Tuesday, June 6 at the SLEEP 2023 annual meeting. This study is also published in Sleep.
May 30, 2023
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Women are more than twice as likely to die after a heart attack than men, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
May 22, 2023
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