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Mild Depression may guard aged women

... average range of emotion. "Maybe this spectrum of moods is more the norm," he said. Blazer said it's unrealistic to expect individuals to always feel happy, "like you should be popping out of bed with a big smile on your face." Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, a research psychologist at Stanford University S...

Gene responsible for depression

...s. This may lead to increased vulnerability to bad moods that finally result in stress and depressions. While the discovery of the gene by itself is quite recent, the current research is important as it brings to surface exactly how this gene causes depression in people...

Anger and exercise set off irregular heartbeats

...ost four years, the patients kept diaries on their moods and exercise intensity after having a shock. Then they also recorded their emotions a week after having the shock to compare the two times. The patients rated their anger level and exercise level on a scale of one to five. Researchers report anger l...

Sunlight good for the mood as well as health: so Bask in it!

... are exposed to bright light -- a major reason why moods tend to be more elevated during the summer. It is known that bright-light therapy can bring benefits to people with SAD because light affects the melatonin-serotonin system and elevates mood. In fact, some researchers are concluding that light thera...

Sunlight Good For The Mood As Well As Health: So Bask In It!

... are exposed to bright light -- a major reason why moods tend to be more elevated during the summer. It is known that bright-light therapy can bring benefits to people with SAD because light affects the melatonin-serotonin system and elevates mood. In fact, some researchers are concluding that light thera...

Happiness Plays An Important Role In Success

...ecause happy people frequently experience positive moods and these positive moods prompt them to be more likely to work actively toward new goals and build new resources. When people...

Men And Women Read Different News To Manage Anger

...can also be functional, helping us to regulate our moods for what we're doing', concluded Dr. Knobloch. The study published in the Human Communication research journal, most important signifies that news can do more than just being informative; help regulate an individual’s mood, depending on the circums...

People are Happier at the Older Age than when they are Younger: Study

...enjoying. People also get better at managing their moods and not 'sweating at the smaller stuff'," she said. (Source: IANS)...

Study Indicates An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer In Women Undertaking Estrogen and Testosterone Therapy

... menopause that include decreased sex drive, worse moods and poorer quality of life would be related to this decline in testosterone. Clinical trials have shown that taking testosterone in combination with estrogen may reduce these symptoms and also promote bone health. Only one estrogen plus testosteron...

Ill Effects Of Caffeine

...mulation which eventually resulted in anxiety, bad moods and problems at work. Hence coffee shops use various color to indicate the level of caffeine in a drink. Red indicated that the drink has more than 200 mg of caffeine, yellow shows that the drink has about 100-200 mg of caffeine and green marks t...

A New Research Explores Connection Between Emotionality And Alcoholism

...ems involved in acquiring rewards and the positive moods we feel when we obtain a desirable object or goal. Conversely, right frontal activity may be involved in inhibiting behavior in the face of negative consequences and the anxiety we feel in those circumstances." This imbalance, she speculated, may be ...

Anti-Craving Drug, Naltrexone Helps Women Quit Smoking

... lessen cessation-related weight gain and negative moods and women who are trying to quit smoking appear //to benefit more than men. As a first step towards individualized medicine, scientists are focusing on gender differences in nicotine addiction and in treatment. Researchers Andrea King and her coll...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

.... "These aren't children with the occasional bad moods you see in most kids. They're typically very ill, ...d mood swings that range from over-excited, elated moods and irritability - the manic phase of the disorder - to depression. In contrast, children with SMD a...

New Supplemental Therapy for Common Jaw Disorder

...lso displayed improved coping abilities and better moods and emotions, Dr. Stowell said. The other half of the participants, who did not undergo intervention, made many more trips to a doctor to seek pain treatment. They also reported more general anxiety and other disorders. "The intervention really hel...

Breast Cancer may Be Prevented by Exercise

...that a 12-week group exercise programme might lift moods and boost physical functioning in women with early-stage breast cancer, reported an online edition of health magazine WebMD. The researchers, however, don't promise that exercise will prevent breast cancer completely. They don't blame breast cancer...

Exposure to a Soil Bacterium can Boost Happiness

...tain a 'happy feeling', and seems to help keep our moods under control by helping with sleep, calming anxiety and relieving depression. Mice exposed to the bacteria made more of the brain's 'happy' chemical serotonin, the researchers told the journal Neuroscience. The study may help understand how the...

Exposure to a Soil Bacterium can Boost Happiness

...tain a 'happy feeling', and seems to help keep our moods under control by helping with sleep, calming anxiety and relieving depression. Mice exposed to the bacteria made more of the brain's "happy" chemical serotonin, the researchers told the journal Neuroscience. The study may help understand how the...

Being Sad Can Kill You

...re measured using blood and saliva tests and their moods were assessed using psychiatric tests. It was seen that there were significantly higher levels of the stress hormone Corticotropin –releasing hormone (CRH) in the depressed women. It was also seen that significantly, the length of pregnancy in av...

Diagnosing Bipolar Symptoms in Children is Difficult

... disorder also occur in other childhood disorders: moods fluctuating in very rapid cycles, sometimes from hour to hour; irritability and agitation; or bursts of rage. Bipolar disorder in children is especially difficult to distinguish from ADHD, since they share a number of symptoms—impulsiveness, distract...

Researchers Have Developed Computerized Garment to Diagnose Mental Illness

...rmal life, returning to work and controlling their moods through a strict drug regime. But in the early stages of an acute episode of mania, it can be difficult to distinguish between the symptoms of manic depression and schizophrenia, even though they are two separate conditions requiring different trea...

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