New treatment for fibromyalgia
... without depression receiving duloxetine benefited emotionally and physically, reporting improvements in general mood, ability to function, and overall enjoyment of life. For the study's 23 men, however, duloxetine did little to change their condition. Although researchers reported some evidence of improveme...University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million grant for head and neck cancer
... and neck cancer is one of the most physically and emotionally debilitating cancers," said Jennifer Grandis, M.D., principal investigator of the grant and professor of otolaryngology and pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and director of UPCI's Head and Neck Cancer Program. "Treatment opt...Women who have donated eggs sought for national study
...ed. No one knows what has happened physically and emotionally to these women. It is important to understand their experience so that adjustments can be made to the assisted reproduction technology system if they are necessary," she said. The researchers also are interested in learning how women cope with know...Technology could enhance accuracy of breast biopsy
... needle than the standard 1/4-inch size, making an emotionally draining procedure less physically traumatic....20 May AAAS lecture: Computers that Respond to Human Emotion
... and sympathy. The research and technology behind emotionally responsive machinery is state of the art, and controversial. On Thursday, 20 May, AAAS, the science society, will host a public lecture on "Affective Computing: Toward Computers that Recognize and Respond to Human Emotion." It begins at noon, is fr...Sex in the brain: How do male monkeys evaluate mates?
...as imaged an awake nonhuman primate in response to emotionally arousing stimuli; it is also the first link between external sexual odors and the internal sexual arousal system," Snowdon says. "This opens up a whole new field of research possibilities." The marmoset data corresponded surprisingly close to human f...Research reveals brain has biological mechanism to block unwanted memories
...st is in terms of practical applications regarding emotionally disturbing and traumatic experiences, and the toxic effect of repressing memory." The Freudian idea is that even though someone is able to block an unpleasant memory, Gabrieli said, "it's lurking in them somewhere, and it has consequences even though...Alcoholics with antisocial personality disorder have blunted emotional reactivity
...able variability among individuals in terms of how emotionally reactive we are to different types of situations and events. These differences may indicate vulnerability to certain psychiatric conditions, such as mood and anxiety disorders and addictions. In the case of antisocial behavior and addictions, there...New advances in thrombosis help further understanding of disease prevention
...tcomes. "Loss of pregnancy is a physically and emotionally challenging ordeal. When pregnancy loss is repetitive, these feelings are magnified," explains Benjamin Brenner, M.D., of the Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, lead investigator of the study. "Results from this study may give hope to the thousa...SPR Annual Meeting features newsworthy discoveries
... women's brains respond differently when they hear emotionally laden statements. Researchers recorded electrical brain activity in both sexes while subjects listened to spoken sentences that sounded either happy or fearful. While both men and women tended to be right-hemisphere dominant when it came to processin...Study shows brain activity influences immune function
...ted with affective style, or how a person responds emotionally to an event. "Emotions play an important role in modulating bodily systems that influence our health," says Davidson. "We turned to the brain to understand the mechanisms by which the mind influences the body." While earlier studies have linked emot...Researchers one step closer to Holy Grail of neurobiology
...nt by arousal, considered to be at the base of all emotionally laden behaviors. In particular, the researchers, led by Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D., provide an operational definition of arousal that scientists can pursue and measure quantitatively in laboratory animals, as well as in human beings. "If you ask someone ...Can't stand the pain? Your genes may be to blame
...n that are involved in our response to painful and emotionally important stimuli. They all help integrate multiple aspects of those experiences, to promote particular patterns of response. The new results build on what Zubieta and his colleagues have previously shown through their studies of the mu-opioid syste...Pain and the brain: Sex, hormones & genetics affect brain's pain control system
...and regulation of pain, and of other stressful and emotionally significant stimuli. These data, now being confirmed in larger groups of women, hint at the powerful effects of female hormones on pain and stress responses, Zubieta says. Also tantalizing are data that Zubieta will discuss briefly at the AAAS meet...Teen angst rooted in busy brain
... hard to process basic information, rendering them emotionally and socially inept. Robert McGivern and his team of neuroscientists at San Diego State University found that as children enter puberty, their ability to quickly recognise other people's emotions nosedives. What's more, this ability does not return t...Gene therapy treats first disease affecting multiple organ systems in a large animal
..., but the disease is debilitating for patients and emotionally wrenching for their families. Human symptoms include growth retardation, mobility problems, facial deformities, corneal clouding, heart-valve and liver abnormalities and mental retardation, among others. Most patients die in childhood. "The gene th...... attack. Similarly, some people are unable to cope emotionally with traumatic events, such as accidents or war experiences. Until recently, little was known about the mechanisms underlying the adequate adaptation to supposedly dangerous situations. Recent findings obtained by researchers of the Max Planck Instit...Brains of outgoing people react more to happy faces than those of shy individuals
...fMRI scans when the brain processes a socially and emotionally significant image, such as the human face. Activation of the amygdala by fearful faces compared to neutral faces has been relatively consistently reported in scientific literature, Canli said. What has not been consistently found is reaction to other...Children from risky families suffer serious long-term health consequences, UCLA scientists report
...marked by conflict, anger and aggression; that are emotionally cold, unsupportive; and where childrens needs are neglected. Some diseases do not show up until decades later, while others are evident by adolescence. Poor health begins early in life, as does good health, said Rena Repetti, associate professor of p......MS symptoms but the 5 to 10 percent who are really emotionally distraught. Volunteers will be paid $500 for several visits to UNC lasting several hours each, Girdler said. They also will receive useful information about their illness, including evaluation with state-of-the-art diagnostic instruments. Anyone who...