Anxiety News and Research

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Six tips for seniors to help limit confusion after surgery

The longer you live the more likely you will develop a medical condition that requires surgery or a procedure. In fact, half of all people 65 and older will have at least one surgical procedure in their lifetime.

13 Mar 2018

Your stress can rub off on others

In a recent study, scientists found that when exposed to another individual’s stress, the brain reacts as it does to real stress.

9 Mar 2018

Exposure to violence in childhood, low socioeconomic status associated with psychiatric disorders

Investing in diminishing socioeconomic status inequalities and in preventing violent events during childhood may improve the mental health of youths from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, according to a study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Federal University of São Paulo.

8 Mar 2018

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Federal researchers have discovered that severe stress or trauma early in life could actually change how the brain responds to stress hormones, essentially "re-wiring" the brain for later neuropathological disorders, according to a study, "A role for corticotrophin releasing factor signaling in the lateral habenula and its modulation by early life stress," published in Science Signaling, March 6.

7 Mar 2018

Graduate students more likely to experience depression and anxiety, survey finds

Graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as compared to the general population, according to a comprehensive survey of 2,279 individuals conducted via social media and direct email.

7 Mar 2018

PSA screening for prostate cancer is not effective, report researchers

According to a new study, the one-off PSA screening test for prostate cancer does not save lives of asymptomatic men.

7 Mar 2018

Feeling anxious about your waistline?

A new study has found that middle-aged women face a high risk of developing anxiety, one of the most prevalent mental health disorders, due to their BMI.

7 Mar 2018

Women may benefit from warm showers, perineal ball exercises during childbirth

A new International Journal of Nursing Practice study demonstrates that during childbirth, women may benefit from warm showers, perineal exercises with a ball, or the combination of both strategies. The study found positive effects of these strategies in terms of lessening pain, anxiety, and stress.

7 Mar 2018

Oracle Health Sciences study explores status of precision medicine initiatives and challenges

Oracle Health Sciences today announced the results of a new study that explores the current and planned status of precision medicine initiatives, associated challenges and the future impact of this discipline on life sciences and healthcare communities.

7 Mar 2018

School-based interventions to help students overcome trauma

Exposure to trauma is increasingly common among school-aged American students, yet many affected children are not receiving the mental health care that could enable them to heal and thrive.

6 Mar 2018

Peer-to-peer depression awareness program increases schoolmates' understanding and help-seeking

High school students can make a major impact on their schoolmates' understanding of depression, and their attitudes about seeking help for themselves or others, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Depression Center.

2 Mar 2018

Repeated anesthesia in early life increases anxiety-linked behaviors, animal study shows

Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows.

1 Mar 2018

Anxiety disorders can have protective effect after a heart attack

Fear protects people from danger. A team from the Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum München has discovered that this applies even to pathological anxiety disorders. Patients who generally suffer from severe anxiety are likely to heed the symptoms of a heart attack earlier and seek medical treatment sooner, thus improving their chance of survival.

1 Mar 2018

Study connects challenges of food allergies with personality traits

The first study published connecting challenges of food allergies with personality traits finds that higher openness to experience is the biggest predictor of more allergy issues, while neuroticism does not lead to more frequent allergy issues.

1 Mar 2018

Study unravels biological mystery behind 'magical' properties of psychedelic mushrooms

Psychedelic mushrooms likely developed their "magical" properties to trip up fungi-munching insects, suggests new research.

28 Feb 2018

Manageable levels of anxiety can help people to remember things, study finds

Anxiety can help people to remember things, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.

27 Feb 2018

Novel method to extract valuable psychiatric symptom information from doctors' notes

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a new method to extract valuable symptom information from doctors' notes, allowing them to capture the complexity of psychiatric disorders that is missed by traditional sources of clinical data.

26 Feb 2018

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Six tips for seniors to help limit confusion after surgery

Your stress can rub off on others

Exposure to violence in childhood, low socioeconomic status associated with psychiatric disorders

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Graduate students more likely to experience depression and anxiety, survey finds

PSA screening for prostate cancer is not effective, report researchers

Feeling anxious about your waistline?

Women may benefit from warm showers, perineal ball exercises during childbirth

Oracle Health Sciences study explores status of precision medicine initiatives and challenges

School-based interventions to help students overcome trauma

Peer-to-peer depression awareness program increases schoolmates' understanding and help-seeking

Repeated anesthesia in early life increases anxiety-linked behaviors, animal study shows

Anxiety disorders can have protective effect after a heart attack

Study connects challenges of food allergies with personality traits

Study unravels biological mystery behind 'magical' properties of psychedelic mushrooms

Manageable levels of anxiety can help people to remember things, study finds

Novel method to extract valuable psychiatric symptom information from doctors' notes

Trump’s perfect score on brain test spawns DIY cognitive exam

Study outlines recommendations of physicians to manage in-flight medical emergencies

New recommendations to help healthcare professionals manage in-flight medical emergencies

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