From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests. “A lot of people use…
From the University of Exeter media release: Green space in towns and cities could lead to significant and sustained improvements in mental health, finds a new study published in the journal of Environmental Science &…
From the University of Hertfordshire media release: Health organizations around the world recommend a form of psychotherapy, known as cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT, for patients with schizophrenia. Now, however, the most extensive study ever undertaken…
From the Loyola University Health System media release: The first Monday after the holidays can be a depressing time for people coping with a post-holiday letdown and a type of depression triggered by short days…
From the Mount Sinai Medical Center media release: Difficulty with activities of daily living often affect Alzheimer’s patients, which is estimated to affect as many as 5.1 million Americans. These issues are among the most…
From the International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) media release: Patients affected by Parkinson’s disease may experience, in addition to the more obvious motor symptoms (such as tremors and stiffness), difficulties recognizing emotions in the…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences media release: Is obesity a socially transmitted disease? In order to try to find out, researchers in the United Kingdom conducted a systematic review of several experimental studies, each of…
From the UC – Davis Health System media release: High levels of “good” cholesterol and low levels of “bad” cholesterol are correlated with lower levels of the amyloid plaque deposition in the brain that is…
From the Canadian Medical Association Journal media release: Fewer than 1 in 10 adult Canadians is in ideal cardiovascular health, according to the new CANHEART health index developed to measure heart health published in CMAJ…
From the UMass media release: Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation…