Tag: anxiety

Study suggests coping skills, marital satisfaction help pregnant mums manage stress when fetus has heart defect

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From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release via EurekAlert!: Expectant mothers who learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD) commonly… Read more »

Researchers find reduced brain connections in people with generalized anxiety disorder

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From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain… Read more »

Study suggests heavy drinking rewires brain, increasing susceptibility to anxiety

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From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release via MedicalXpress: Doctors have long recognized a link between alcoholism and anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Those… Read more »

Study suggests spouses of people who suffer heart attack at increased risk of depression

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From the European Society of Cardiology press release via AlphaGalileo: Spouses of people who suffer a sudden heart attack (an acute myocardial infarction) have an increased risk of depression, anxiety,… Read more »

Study finds male mice exposed to chronic social stress have anxious female offspring

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From the Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus press release via EurekAlert!: A study in mice conducted by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) suggests that a woman’s risk… Read more »

Study suggests new model synapse could shed light on disorders such as epilepsy and anxiety

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From the Pennsylvania State University press release: A new way to study the role of a critical neurotransmitter in disorders such as epilepsy, anxiety, insomnia, depression, schizophrenia, and alcohol addiction… Read more »

Study suggests global ‘sleeplessness epidemic’ affects an estimated 150 million in developing world

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From the University of Warwick press release: Levels of sleep problems in the developing world are approaching those seen in developed nations, linked to an increase in problems like depression… Read more »