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One Gene Variant Puts Stressed Women At Risk For Depression; Has Opposite Effect In Men
November 29, 2007 — One version of a gene puts women who are under chronic stress at risk for more severe depressive symptoms. But among men, the same gene variant appeared to be protective against depression. In fact, ... > full story -
Trauma Earlier In Life May Affect Response To Stress Years Later
November 20, 2007 — Researchers report that rapes, sudden deaths of loved ones, life-threatening accidents and other such traumas may result in long-term changes in the stress response in some people, even if they don't ... > full story -
Brain Imaging Shows How Men And Women Cope Differently Under Stress
November 19, 2007 — How do men and women differ in their neural responses to psychological stress? Different parts of the brain activate with different spatial and temporal profiles for men and women under stress. Women ... > full story -
Survey Shows Perceptions Of Stress Among Pathology Residents
November 15, 2007 — Researchers conducted a nationwide survey to identify stressors perceived by pathology residents. Studies in other specialties have found that stress during residency training affects efficiency, ... > full story -
Feeling Stressed? How Your Skin, Hair And Nails Can Show It
November 9, 2007 — Pending job cuts at the office. Back-to-back final exams. A messy divorce. An unexpected surgery. What do they all have in common? In a word -- stress. While everyone knows that stress can take a ... > full story -
Enzyme Regulates Brain Pathology Induced By Cocaine, Stress
November 7, 2007 — Researchers have uncovered a key genetic switch that chronic cocaine or stress influences to cause the brain to descend into a pathological state. In studies with mice they showed how chronic cocaine ... > full story -
Blood Pressure Drug May Curb Brain Damage From Alzheimer's, Depression And Schizophrenia
November 6, 2007 — A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia. ... > full story -
Mice Influenced By Traumatic 'Childhood' Experiences
November 5, 2007 — How does the experience of traumatic stress in childhood affect one's life in subsequent years? One young scientist has achieved some remarkable results with mice, but cannot yet say anything about ... > full story -
Stress Increases Cocaine Addiction
November 5, 2007 — Anyone who sniffs cocaine once has a 15 to 20% likelihood of becoming addicted to this hard drug. Why does the recreational user only try it once whereas another person becomes physically and ... > full story -
Floating Effective For Stress And Pain, Research Suggests
November 5, 2007 — Relaxation in large, sound- and light-proof tanks with high-salt water -- floating -- is an effective way to alleviate long-term stress-related pain. Sleep was improved, patients felt more ... > full story
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