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New Depression Treatment 'Safe and Effective', Experts Say
March 7, 2012 Stimulating the brain with a weak electrical current is a safe and effective treatment for depression and could have other surprise benefits for the body and mind, a major Australian study of ... > full story -
Yoga Helps Ease Stress Related Medical and Psychological Conditions, Study Suggests
March 6, 2012 An new article reviews evidence that yoga may be effective in treating patients with stress-related psychological and medical conditions such as depression, anxiety, high blood pressure and cardiac ... > full story -
Vitamin D Intake May Be Associated With Lower Stress Fracture Risk in Girls
March 5, 2012 Vitamin D may be associated with a lower risk of developing stress fractures in preadolescent and adolescent girls, especially among those very active in high-impact activities, according to a new ... > full story -
Stress Making Your Blood Pressure Rise? Blame Your Immune System
March 5, 2012 If stress is giving you high blood pressure, blame the immune system. T cells, helpful for fighting infections, are also necessary for mice to show an increase in blood pressure after a period of ... > full story -
Older Adults Who Sleep Poorly React to Stress With Increased Inflammation
March 1, 2012 Older adults who sleep poorly have an altered immune system response to stress that may increase risk for mental and physical health problems, according to a new study. In the study, stress led to ... > full story -
Depression: An Evolutionary Byproduct of Immune System?
March 1, 2012 Depression is common enough -- afflicting one in ten adults in the United States -- that it seems the possibility of depression must be "hard-wired" into our brains. This has led biologists to ... > full story -
Study Compares Traits of Autism, Schizophrenia
February 28, 2012 A professor is studying the differences between the social impairments found in autism and schizophrenia to help develop better treatments for people with both disorders. Autism spectrum disorder and ... > full story -
Stress Changes How People Make Decisions
February 28, 2012 Trying to make a big decision while you're also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article ... > full story -
Hyperactivity in Brain May Explain Multiple Symptoms of Depression
February 27, 2012 People with depression suffer a number of symptoms -- including anxiety, memory issues, and sleep disturbances. Now researchers have found that the brains of depressed people show hyperactivity; The ... > full story -
Childhood Adversity Causes Changes in Genetics
February 27, 2012 A new article finds epigenetic effect of psychological difficulty in childhood on an important regulator of stress response. The research may help explain a biological link between adversity in youth ... > full story
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