The behavioral addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain in ways similar to how opioid addiction is experienced by people taking Oxycontin for pain relief -- gradually...
Few of the individuals who scored low in optimism met the criteria for ideal heart health, Hernandez and her co-authors found. However, each percentage point increase in optimism was associated with a better cardiovascular health score...
"It’s not just our caregivers or financial circumstances, but also our friends who may be health protective."..
Using fetal resting-state FMRI or functional magnetic resonance imaging, they examined functional connectivity in 47 human fetuses scanned between the 30th and 37th week of gestation. Conducting in-utero brain scans are challenging because of the always wriggling babies...
Every study subject tried the task three times: once sober, once on LSD, and once after taking both LSD and a substance called ketanserin…
We know that psychopaths have problems understanding the emotions of others....
Sure, this study only used mice, but the researchers hypothesized that the results could be applicable for humans as well…
Women with the most abdominal weight for their height were 13 % more likely to be anxious than those with the lowest ratio...
They began by identifying 2,774 individuals who contacted mental health services in the areas concerned with suspected first-episode psychosis…
She found that, all other things being equal, people who adhered strictly to the DASH diet were considerably less likely to become depressed than those who followed a Western diet, that is higher in saturated fats and red meats and lower in fruit and vegetables...
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