From the Michigan State University press release via ScienceDaily: A doctor-patient relationship built on trust and empathy doesn’t just put patients at ease — it actually changes the brain’s response to stress and increases pain…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via ScienceDaily: Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as traumatic experience induces lasting changes to their gene regulation. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain sensitivity. “Our results suggest the…
From the American Epilepsy Society (AES) press release via ScienceDaily: A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated using software developed to create…
From the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via ScienceDaily: The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université…
From the UCLA press release by Laura Perry via ScienceDaily: Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of brain damage than men with the disorder, according to a first-of-its-kind study…
From the University of Southampton press release via EurekAlert!: As the nights draw in and the temperature begins to drop, many of us will be thinking of ways to warm up on the dark winter…
From the American Psychological Association press release via EurekAlert!: For people living in both rich and poor countries, the average person’s happiness is based on a combination of individual wealth, possessions and optimism, according to…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Why are older people especially vulnerable to becoming victims of fraud? A new UCLA study indicates that an important clue may lie in a particular region of the…
From the King’s College London press release via EurekAlert!: New research helps explain why some teenagers are more prone to drinking alcohol than others. The study, led by King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry (IoP)…