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Studies have shown that stress can affect the immune system and weaken the body’s defense against infection and disease. In cancer patients this stress can also affect a tumor’s ability to grow and spread. However, the biological mechanisms that underlie
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Researchers at the Center for Translational Social Neuroscience (CTSN) at Emory University are focusing on prairie voles as a new model to screen the effectiveness of drugs to treat autism. They are starting with D-cycloserine, a drug Emory researchers have
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Cotinine, a compound derived from tobacco, reduced plaques associated with dementia and prevented memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a study led by researchers at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and the University of South Florida found.
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Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that haunt them weakened in their brains? In a new study, UCLA life scientists report a discovery that may make the
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Toddlers in a program to encourage interaction and play with their mothers grew into adults with higher IQs, greater educational attainment and less involvement in violence than kids who did not receive the early stimulation, a new study finds. These
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If you want to keep your brain healthy, it turns out that visiting friends, attending parties, and even going to church might be just as good for you as crossword puzzles. According to research conducted at Rush University Medical Center,
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The happiest countries and happiest U.S. states tend to have the highest suicide rates, according to research from the UK’s University of Warwick, Hamilton College in New York and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The new research paper
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Our obsession with cleaning could be linked to rising rates of depression, scientists claim. They believe that eliminating bacteria and viruses has actually made our immune systems weaker, and this in turn has affected the functioning of our brains. Scientists
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When Lucy Johnstone began working in mental health nearly 20 years ago, bipolar disorder – or manic depression as it was known then – made up a small fraction of her workload. ‘Now, every other referral is someone with suspected
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Alzheimer’s disease has three definitive stages that progress over a decade, according to U.S experts. Scientists at the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association shared their findings as they unveiled the first diagnostic guidelines for dementia in 27
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Women who give birth in fall and winter may be more likely to get postpartum depression than those who deliver in the spring, suggests a new study from Sweden. Dr. Sara Sylven and her colleagues at Uppsala University say that
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Kate Harkness has found that a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood substantially increases the risk of depression in adolescence by altering a person’s neuroendocrine response to stress. Adolescents with a history of maltreatment and a mild
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