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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 -
90 Percent of Firefighters Exhibit Symptoms of PTSD, Israeli Study Suggests
February 23, 2012 — A new study on the prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among firefighters in Israel indicates that approximately 90 percent show some form of full or partial ... > full story -
A Unique on-Off Switch for Hormone Production
February 23, 2012 — Scientists have revealed a new kind of on-off switch in the brain for regulating the production of a main biochemical signal from the brain that stimulates cortisol release in the ... > full story
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