Increase stress and snacking means most of us gained weight in lockdown
Found your jeans are feeling more than a little too tight on the waistband after months in lockdown? You’re not
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Gut microbiome translates stress into sickle cell crises
A new study shows how chronic psychological stress leads to painful vessel-clogging episodes—the most common complication of sickle-cell disease (SCD)
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Acute depression, stress, anxiety higher during peak of COVID-19 pandemic
Rates of elevated psychological distress, including depression and anxiety symptoms, were found among Australian adults during the peak of the
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Rituals relieve anxiety and Stress
Graduation parties, weddings, funerals, Christmas: The life is full of rituals. A new study shows that they also seem to
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Couples in quarantine: Stress, anxiety, fear of the unknown
The 60-something husband works in the food industry and still insists upon leaving every day for work, saying he needs
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Study reveals how stress can curb the desire to eat in an animal model
Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice
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Gene protective against fruit fly heat-induced seizures may explain some human seizures: A neuronal gene malfunction may be linked to epilepsy in humans with the heart condition Long QT Syndrome
Researchers identified a gene in fruit flies that helps prevent the hyperexcitability of specific neurons that trigger seizures. In humans,
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Doing more with less: Flexible, reduced-load jobs a win-win for workers, employers
Attracting and retaining the best and brightest employees with an unemployment rate that is hovering near a 50-year low is
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Student’s headaches from ‘exam stress’ caused by a BRAIN TUMOUR
Student whose crippling headaches were dismissed as ‘exam stress’ discovers she has a golf ball-sized BRAIN TUMOUR during an eye
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Dentistry: Root canal work not so bad after all
Root canal work is not as bad as people think when compared to other dental procedures. Self-reporting of their dental
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