Psychology & Psychiatry
Using mindfulness to lower stress
Many chronic conditions, like high blood pressure, insomnia or heartburn, can be traced to a single common problem: stress.
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Medical research
Stress wakes up sleeping herpes viruses – but how?
Hiding their DNA genome inside the nuclei of the infected cells, the herpes viruses establish a lifelong infection in humans. Poorly defined stress conditions are known to wake up these parasites from their latent phase and ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia with psychiatric, medical conditions
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely used nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia disorders and an analysis of the medical literature suggests it also can work for patients whose insomnia is coupled with psychiatric and ...
Jul 6, 2015
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Health
Draft rules for Guam medical-pot program to soon go public
Draft regulations for Guam's new voter-approved medical marijuana program are expected to open to public comment by the end of the month, according to an island health official.
Apr 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Stress granules ease the way for cancer metastasis
Tumors that produce more stress granules are more likely to metastasize, according to a study published in The Journal of Cell Biology. The results suggest that drugs to inhibit the formation of these structures might rein ...
Mar 23, 2015
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Pediatrics
Detained children risk life-long physical and mental harm
Many refugees and asylum seekers, including children, have experienced conflict, family separation and significant human rights violations, including torture, physical and sexual violence in their countries of origin and ...
Feb 19, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zombie bacteria in tuberculosis
"Living-dead" bacteria exist in limbo: biologically active but not proliferating. Buried in this zombie state, disease-causing bacteria could come back from the dead to re-infect patients. Researchers at EPFL have produced ...
Jan 26, 2015
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Neuroscience
Brain recalls old memories via new pathways
People with anxiety disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often experience prolonged and exaggerated fearfulness. Now, an animal study suggests that this might involve disruption of a gradual shifting ...
Jan 19, 2015
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Neuroscience
Scientists seek to map origins of mental illness, develop noninvasive treatment
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford scientists is working to map the origins of mental illnesses in the brain and develop technologies to treat them.
Jan 7, 2015
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Cardiology
Time does not heal 'broken heart syndrome,' new research finds
An acute heart condition previously thought to recover spontaneously does not necessarily heal with time, new Aberdeen research has found.
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