Study suggests different targets in treatment of OCD
From the Concordia University press release: Did I remember to lock the back door? Did I turn off the stove? Were the lights still on when I left the house this morning? Such minor doubts…
Study suggests stress can affect brain function in cancer patients even before chemo
From the University of Missouri press release: Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy, the…
Study suggests adolescent expectations of a short life may affect later socioeconomic status
From the UNC press release via HealthCanal: Adolescents’ expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global…
Study suggests link between stress and symptoms that mimic epilepsy
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via Newswise: Based on their clinical experience and observations, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians and psychologists say that more than one-third of the patients admitted to The…
Study suggests social stress changes immune system gene expression in primates
From the University of Chicago Medicine press release: The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study…
Study looks at interaction of social ties and socioeconomics on encouraging a healthy lifestyle
From the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute press release via EurekAlert!: In low-income, minority communities, tight-knit social connections — with family members, friends, and neighbors — can lead people to eat healthy and be physically active, but…
Study suggests text messages may help the stressed and lonely
From the UC Berkeley press release: Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley,…
Study looks at effects of personality, habits of thought and gender on how people remember
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via EurekAlert!: We all have them – positive memories of personal events that are a delight to recall, and painful recollections that we would rather forget.…
Study suggests “brain-only” mutation may be cause of epileptic brain size disorder
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have discovered a mutation limited to brain tissue that causes hemimegalencephaly (HMG), a condition where one half of the brain is enlarged and dysfunctional, leading to…
Study identifies genes linked to higher risk of PTSD
From the UCLA press release: Why do some people experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA study may shed light on the answer. UCLA scientists have…