Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

An annual COVID booster like the flu shot could be the way forward

By now more than 70% of the UK population have received a third COVID vaccination, or a booster. Many people who are older or at higher risk from COVID have had a fourth or even a fifth dose. But for how long and how often ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

SSRIs and CBT lead to changes in brain

Neurochemical changes in the brain differ among patients with social anxiety treated using both SSRIs and CBT, compared to those treated using only CBT. While the combined treatment involving the medicine blocked the serotonin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Are you the feeder in your relationship?

The new study focuses on the eating habits of 76 couples and found that individuals who diet or use food to manage their emotions—such as eating because they are cross—were more motivated to display "feeder behavior" ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

The science of a wandering mind

When psychologist Jonathan Smallwood set out to study mind-wandering about 25 years ago, few of his peers thought that was a very good idea. How could one hope to investigate these spontaneous and unpredictable thoughts that ...

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