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Researchers find promising results for treating depression with video game interface

Researchers have found promising results for treating depression with a video game interface that targets underlying cognitive issues associated with depression rather than just managing the symptoms.

4 Jan 2017

Chemo-brain persists after treatment in breast cancer patients, study shows

The largest study to date of a condition known as "chemo-brain" shows that women with breast cancer report it's a substantial problem after chemotherapy for as long as six months after treatment, according to investigators at University of Rochester's Wilmot Cancer Institute.

4 Jan 2017

UOW researchers testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for breast cancer survivors

Canada’s University of Windsor researchers are testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for survivors of breast cancer.

3 Jan 2017

NIH researchers identify molecular mechanisms that may underlie woman's susceptibility to PMDD

National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman's susceptibility to disabling irritability, sadness, and anxiety in the days leading up to her menstrual period.

3 Jan 2017

Researchers develop innovative technology for diagnosing vestibular function disorders

Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences have joined forces developing technology for vestibular system disorders diagnosis and research. This is the first technology, which is portable and using virtual reality.

3 Jan 2017

Researchers warn about taking psilocybin-containing ‘magic mushrooms’

In a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing "magic mushrooms," Johns Hopkins researchers say that more than 10 percent believed their worst "bad trip" had put themselves or others in harm's way, and a substantial majority called their most distressing episode one of the top 10 biggest challenges of their lives.

30 Dec 2016

Acute stress can lead to delayed, long-term psychological trauma

Mrs. M would never forget that day. She was walking along a busy road next to the vegetable market when two goons zipped past on a bike. One man's hand shot out and grabbed the chain around her neck.

30 Dec 2016

Psychiatric and behavioral conditions are important risk factors for long-term opioid use

A wide range of pre-existing psychiatric and behavioral conditions and the use of psychoactive drugs could be important risk factors leading to long-term use of opioid pain medications, reports a study in PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

30 Dec 2016

Two research studies on new molecules could potentially treat Alzheimer's disease

This year, results have been published of two significant research studies about molecules that could potentially treat Alzheimer's disease.

30 Dec 2016

'Friendship Bench' approach holds potential to improve lives of people with mental health problems

Their offices are simple wooden seats, called Friendship Benches, located in the grounds of health clinics around Harare and other major cities in Zimbabwe.

28 Dec 2016

Kessler Foundation researcher receives grant to identify treatments for cognitive deficits in people with SCI

The three-year federal grant will fund research to identify treatments for cognitive difficulties in persons with spinal cord injury.

27 Dec 2016

Study highlights importance of treating mental-health problems to reduce community violence

New research from North Carolina State University, RTI International, Arizona State University and Duke University Medical Center finds a host of factors that are associated with subsequent risk of adults with mental illness becoming victims or perpetrators of violence

22 Dec 2016

New research shows how interacting with the world can benefit people's performance

New research by two cognitive psychology experts from Kingston University London is demonstrating how our decision making is heavily influenced by the world around us.

22 Dec 2016

Discrimination interacts with certain genetic variants to negatively impact health

It's no secret that discrimination is stressful for those who experience it, but turns out the issue is more than skin deep—these stressors can interact with our genetics to negatively impact our health, a new University of Florida study shows.

22 Dec 2016

New detection method could lead to noninvasive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

The detection of prions in the blood of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease could lead to a noninvasive diagnosis prior to symptoms and a way to identify prion contamination of the donated blood supply, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

22 Dec 2016

Optical fibers can identify and control neuroreceptors to rapidly inhibit chronic pain

Pain serves as a valuable warning signal, but when it becomes chronic, pain should be considered as a real disease.

21 Dec 2016

Partners of cancer patients greatly appreciate web-based self-help intervention

Twenty to thirty percent of the partners of cancer patients suffer from psychological problems. This percentage is even higher if the patients in question are terminally ill.

21 Dec 2016

Researchers find effective cure for social anxiety disorders

Social phobia is the most common anxiety disorder of our time. But the current treatment regimen for patients with this diagnosis has not proven very effective. Now a team of Norwegian and British researchers believe they have found a cure for social anxiety disorders.

21 Dec 2016

Anticholinergic drugs linked to increased rate of emergency department and hospital visits

Anticholinergic medications, a class of drugs very commonly used by older adults, are linked to an increased rate of emergency department and hospital utilization in the United States, according to an Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science, and Regenstrief Institute study of community-dwelling Americans age 65 and older.

21 Dec 2016

USPSTF recommends against routine serologic screening for genital HSV infection

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine serologic screening (via a blood test) for genital herpes simplex virus infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including those who are pregnant.

20 Dec 2016

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Researchers find promising results for treating depression with video game interface

Chemo-brain persists after treatment in breast cancer patients, study shows

UOW researchers testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for breast cancer survivors

NIH researchers identify molecular mechanisms that may underlie woman's susceptibility to PMDD

Researchers develop innovative technology for diagnosing vestibular function disorders

Researchers warn about taking psilocybin-containing ‘magic mushrooms’

Acute stress can lead to delayed, long-term psychological trauma

Psychiatric and behavioral conditions are important risk factors for long-term opioid use

Two research studies on new molecules could potentially treat Alzheimer's disease

'Friendship Bench' approach holds potential to improve lives of people with mental health problems

Kessler Foundation researcher receives grant to identify treatments for cognitive deficits in people with SCI

Study highlights importance of treating mental-health problems to reduce community violence

New research shows how interacting with the world can benefit people's performance

Discrimination interacts with certain genetic variants to negatively impact health

New detection method could lead to noninvasive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Optical fibers can identify and control neuroreceptors to rapidly inhibit chronic pain

Partners of cancer patients greatly appreciate web-based self-help intervention

Researchers find effective cure for social anxiety disorders

Anticholinergic drugs linked to increased rate of emergency department and hospital visits

USPSTF recommends against routine serologic screening for genital HSV infection

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