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Anxiety
Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying. These disorders affect how we feel and behave and can cause physical symptoms. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling, while severe anxiety can seriously affect day-to-day living.
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AUG 15, 2015Neuroscience
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder occurs when a person is faced with a dangerous situation, fears for their own life and/or ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 23, 2015Neuroscience
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Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers continue to uncover positive and possibly life-changing effects from mind-body interventions such as yoga an ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
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AUG 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Earth & The Environment
So you’ve been thinking about global warming and you want to do your part to not be part of the problem. The most
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 07, 2015
Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2015
Neuroscience
American seniors are getting attention for mental health issues - but maybe too much of the wrong kind. According to a U
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 30, 2015
Videos
Anxiety is that feeling you get in your gut right before something that worries you is about to take place. A lot of peo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2015
Neuroscience
About 50,000 people with autism spectrum disorder turn 18, graduate from high school and need help finding jobs. These "
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...
Researchers have gr ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some women seem to be insatiably hungry, especially at certain times? How does a complex relationship between gen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder occurs when a person is faced with a dangerous situation, fears for their own life and/or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Do you remember how nervous you were on your first date? Did you take a shot of alcohol to overcome the anxiety or did y
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers. In a st
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers continue to uncover positive and possibly life-changing effects from mind-body interventions such as yoga an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Doctor-writer Oliver Sacks' essay collections, like Musicophilia, introduced stories to the public that expl ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard