From the Asociación RUVID press release via AlphaGalileo: The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that…
From the University of Michigan press release via HealthCanal: The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study. After…
From the University of Warwick press release via HealthCanal: Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly…
From the AFTAU press release via EurekAlert!: A debilitating mental illness, schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. Because physiological evidence confirming the disease can only be gathered from the brain during an autopsy, mental health…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Body dysmorphic disorder is a disabling but often misunderstood psychiatric condition in which people perceive themselves to be disfigured and ugly, even though they look normal to others.…
From the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) press release via HealthCanal: A researcher with the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) has found that depression and back pain are part of a…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: The disrupted metabolism of sugar, fat and calcium is part of the process that causes the death of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in…
From the University of Glasgow press release via MedicalXpress: Those diagnosed with schizophrenia are less likely than the general population to have a recorded diagnosis of heart disease, a new report published in BMJ Open…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release via AlphaGalileo: People with depression often feel their life is out of control. It can evoke feelings that their life is pointless or by merely…
From the University of Adelaide press release via HealthCanal: Researchers at the University of Adelaide say treatment for people affected by video game “addiction” would be improved if a standard definition of the problem were…