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New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma

From the University of Cincinnati media release: Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their suffering can be far more debilitating and dangerous,… 

Mindfulness meditation trumps placebo in pain reduction

From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center media release: Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found new evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo. This is significant because placebo-controlled trials… 

Scientists work with artists to learn more about the brain

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From the University of Houston media release: Researchers from the University of Houston have analyzed brain activity data collected from more than 400 people who viewed an exhibit at the Menil Collection, offering evidence that usable… 

Scientists unravel brain circuits involved in cravings

From the Dartmouth College media release: Dartmouth researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering those cravings. The study is the first to… 

Teasing girls about weight is more than a playground joke, study finds

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From the University of Houston media release: Current research about childhood obesity has illustrated the complexity of the epidemic–how it intertwines with hunger, poverty, food deserts and socioeconomic status. A new University of Houston study examined… 

Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective

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From the University of Queen Mary London media release: Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies, according to researchers from Queen… 

Stroke: Weigh Paitents Before Giving Drugs

From the University of Royal Holloway London media release: A new study has revealed stroke patients receiving emergency clot busting drugs, the correct dose of which depends on the patient’s weight, may be receiving the wrong… 

Faster brain waves make shorter gaps in visual stream

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From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: “Blink and you’ll miss it” isn’t only for eyelids. The human brain also blinks, dropping a few frames of visual information here and there. Those lapses of attention come…