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Mindfulness-based stress reduction diminishes chemo brain

From the Indiana University media release: Participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program yields robust and sustained improvement in cancer-related cognitive impairment, a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition that affects attention, memory and executive function… 

Men also recommend getting help for depression

From the Brigham Young University media release: History supports Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s recent tweet saying that men have a hard time asking for help for their depression. But new research brings good news: Men really… 

Window into women’s sexuality

From the Queen’s University media release: New research from of the Sexuality and Gender Laboratory at Queen’s University shows that heterosexual women have more diverse patterns of sexual response than previously reported. Research on women’s sexual… 

PTSD resources lacking for nonveterans

From the Brown University media release: Post-traumatic stress disorder remains a difficult, urgent, and prevalent problem among combat veterans, but millions of nonveterans experience the condition too. A new study in the Harvard Review of… 

Grid cells: Reading the neural code for space

From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München media release: One year ago, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to the discoverers of the mammalian “GPS system” for spatial navigation. Measuring neural activity in cortex, these researchers had… 

Teens with fewer mental health issues turn to e-cigarettes

From the University of Southern California media release: Teenagers with moderate mental health problems who may not have considered smoking conventional cigarettes are turning to electronic cigarettes, a new USC study has found. Mental health and…