Children exposed to violence suffer health problems: Study
July 4th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 4 (IANS) Children exposed to community violence may be traumatised up to a year after the event, which may carry long-term negative consequences for health, says a study.
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Men, women respond differently under stress
June 5th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Stress causes men and women to respond differently to risky decision making, says a study.For instance, men charge ahead for small rewards and women take their ... Read more...
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Mosquitoes produce proteins to fight stress from hot blood meals
April 26th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): A new study has found that mosquitoes produce heat shock proteins to help them handle the stressful spike in body temperature during and after their hot blood meals. ... Read more...
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Elevated levels of sodium blunt body’s natural response to stress
April 6th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 6 (ANI): New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that elevated levels of sodium blunt the body's natural responses to stress by inhibiting stress hormones that would otherwise ... Read more...
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Stress levels can lower immunity through bacteria
March 22nd, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (IANS) Stress levels can make you more vulnerable to illness by altering the composition of bugs living in your gut."These bacteria affect immune function, and may help ... Read more...
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Stress affects balance of bacteria in gut
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A new research has revealed that stress can change the balance of bacteria that naturally live in the gut."These bacteria affect immune function, and may help explain why ... Read more...
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Females become addicted to cocaine more easily
March 11th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): Females become addicted to cocaine more easily than males and find it harder to give up, according to a new study on rats.The research showed that the motivation ... Read more...
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Females get addicted to cocaine more easily
March 11th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Females become addicted to cocaine more easily than males and find it harder to give up. New research reinforcing this position showed that female rats ... Read more...
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Protein that turns off stress identified
February 9th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) How does the body recover from responding to shock or acute stress? This question is at the heart of a research which has identified a protein family central ... Read more...
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How does the body recover from responding to shock or acute stress?
February 9th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Our body's response to stress begins in the brain, and a family of proteins plays a prominent role in regulating this mechanism, suggests a new study.Alon Chen of ... Read more...
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Pleasurable activities like food, sex cut stress: study
November 11th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have said that pleasurable activity, whether food or sex, reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety responses in the brain.Experiments designed by Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, ... Read more...
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Pleasurable activity reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety
November 11th, 2010 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) Be it food or sex, pleasurable activity actually reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety responses in the brain.Experiments by Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, research assistant professor, James Herman, professor of psychiatry ... Read more...
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When brain’s memory-related region is damaged, other areas can compensate
August 3rd, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 3 (ANI): Denying previous beliefs that the brain region known as the amygdala would result in the brain's inability to form new memories with emotional content, researchers at UCLA have ... Read more...
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New drugs could make cancer ops more successful
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): A new clinical approach could make cancer operations more successful.Cancer surgery weakens a body's immune system and stress hormones exacerbate the problem - leading to recurrence of cancer ... Read more...
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Biological reason behind why depression hits women more than men
June 16th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): Cell signals may hold the key to why depression and other stress-related psychiatric disorders are more common among women compared to men.In a study of stress signaling systems ... Read more...
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Scientists discover genetic link between misery and death
February 25th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): UCLA researchers have found the genetic link between misery and death.The new study has also discovered a specific genetic variation in some people that apparently disconnects that link, ... Read more...
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New computational model predicts gene function of plant genes quickly
February 1st, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Scientists have created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with unprecedented speed and accuracy.The network, dubbed AraNet, ... Read more...
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Genes that modulates stress responses identified
July 14th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): A Baylor University researcher claim to have discovered certain genes that modulates stress responses, which could cause some people to take drugs and consume alcohol.Dr. Doug Matthews, ... Read more...
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Depression, anger ”increase heart disease risk
March 10th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Depression, anger and hostility may be red flags of increased risk of heart disease, warns a new study.According to Journal of the American College of Cardiology study, ... Read more...
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Ecstasy could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress
March 9th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): A new study has found that ecstasy may help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder learn to deal with their memories more effectively by encouraging a feeling of ... Read more...
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How we respond to stress at cellular level in the brain
March 3rd, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 3 (ANI): Conducting experiments on mice, scientists in Canada have identified a novel mechanism whereby the brain responds to stress.
University of Calgary scientist Dr. Jaideep Bains, along with ... Read more...
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Heres why some people can withstand stress better than others
April 3rd, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by admin
London , Apr 3 (ANI): Some people are known to deal with stress much better than others, and the key to this lies in a genetic factor, called neuropeptide Y (NPY) ... Read more...
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Brain stress system may be therapeutic target for alcoholism
February 27th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Researchers at National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism have found that the brain system triggering stress and anxiety can be a possible therapeutic target for reducing alcoholism. ... Read more...
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Plant gene that affects stress resistance identified
January 27th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 27 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have identified a gene that provides plants resistance to stress.Reported in the journal The Plant Cell, the study attains significance as ... Read more...
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9/11 stress linked to increased risk of heart problems
January 8th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): The stress brought on by the terrorist attacks on the twin towers of World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 may be making Americans sicker, says a new ... Read more...
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How men and women cope differently under stress revealed
November 20th, 2007 - 4:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington, November 20 (ANI): A study conducted by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers has revealed how men and women show different neural responses to psychological stress.We found that different ... Read more...
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