Steroid nasal spray more effective against hay fever
... the impact of allergies on factors such as sleep, emotions and daily activities, the fluticasone group had significantly fewer allergy-related problems. Overall scores for the fluticasone group fell from 2.8 (on a scale of zero to seven) before the study to 1.4 after two weeks, while the loratadine/monteluk...Researchers link stroke patients' anger and aggression to brain injury
...ional incontinence," which are sudden outbursts of emotions that seem out of proportion or inappropriate to the situation. The two symptoms tend to occur together and share similar lesion distribution. The 10-item Speilberger Trait Anger Scale * 1) I am quick-tempered. 2) I have a fiery temper. 3) I am a ho...Exploring the brain chemistry of people at risk for alcohol disorders
...mygdala. The amygdala is also involved in forming emotions in response to things an individual sees and hears. For example, humans whose amygdalas are damaged tend to be deficient in their emotional reactivity. In short, the amygdala is involved in both the alteration of the startle reflex and in more gene...Narcolepsy more common in men, often originates in their 20s
...urbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy (weakness with emotions such as laughter). Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States. The study aimed to determine the age- and sex-specific incidence rates and prevalence of narcolepsy in a United States community. It is the first rigorous community-based...Experience alters how we perceive emotion
Because people recognize the same emotions across languages and cultures, psychologists have ...uspected that a person's ability to perceive basic emotions is innate. However, a new study published in the June 18 early edition of the Proceedings of the Nat...Alcoholics have 'blunted' responses to psychological stressors such as public speaking
... system, the primitive brain areas responsible for emotions and stress responses. The frontal-limbic connections are how we generate a threat response to such things as embarrassment if we fail to speak well before an audience. Such events are only meaningful to us because we are social beings that value th...Dartmouth/VA researchers examine news coverage of breast cancer prevention
...d help focus the new debate on science rather than emotions or politics, they say....Behavior plays key role in disease development and control, according to 10-year prospective review
...e include: Immune Function and Health - Negative emotions can lower immunity and can lead to increased risk ...ophysiological mechanisms through which stress and emotions could influence CHD and coronary artery disease (CAD). For those who do develop CHD and CAD, there ...Managing anger, boosting activity helps substance abusers stick with treatment
...ore rewarding activities and manage their negative emotions early in treatment may improve their chances of success, new research suggests. Previous research has repeatedly shown that participants who stick with their treatment programs for the longest times are most likely to recover and not relapse, explain...Early mental health intervention reduces mass violence trauma
...gle one-to-one recital of events and discussion of emotions evoked by a traumatic event does not consistently reduce risk and may even put some survivors at heightened risk for later developing mental health problems. The report is targeted to those who deliver these interventions to emotionally distressed pe...Still mulling over last night's argument? It could affect your heart
... during the test were able to clearly recall those emotions and re-create their cardiovascular response. Chronic stress is considered an important factor in elevation of blood pressure, which is considered a major cause of heart disease. While many researchers have looked at the role played by relentless chro...Repressing anxiety may protect against stress disorders
...e repressor is able to approach the trauma-induced emotions and cognitions gradually, in small doses, and without being overwhelmed by them, and also to maintain his or her hope and courage," Ginzburg says....Pessimists more prone to post-stroke depression
...o react to distressing life events by experiencing emotions such as anger, anxiety and sadness," says lead aut...g post-stroke depression. The effect of negative emotions was independent of other factors such as patients' age, gender, location of the brain tissue affecte...Finding the right way to tell the family about cancer
...d the right moment to talk about these things when emotions are high." The GOALS programme consists of: G Get...lk. A Acknowledging each others emotions: Sharing emotions is very important to support your relative. L Learning about the disease and exchanging ideas where...The eyes have it: Study shows infants more tuned into wider world than previously believed
... for learning about language and understanding the emotions of other people," said Meltzoff, co-director of the center and a UW psychology professor. Brooks and Meltzoff refer to the behavior of a person looking where another has just looked as "gaze following," and psychologists have known for some time tha...Joint-custody arrangements good for children of divorce -- but only if there is no parental conflict
...en were also interviewed to determine the range of emotions they felt and how they coped with negative emotions such as sadness or anger. Lee showed them cartoons of parents living in ...Brain images reveal effects of antidepressants
...ncovering the scientific basis of linkages between emotions and health. One third of all patients treated with...erlie different kinds of emotional responses." UW emotions researchers have been using fMRIs with emotion-challenging pictures for several years in an effort t...Identifying depression in preschoolers
...various play schemes designed to induce a range of emotions -- from joyful responses to frustration -- and videotaped the children to obtain objective measures of behavior. Children in the study were divided into three groups: depressed; those with other psychiatric disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyper...New research says better social skills not nicotine patches help smokers quit
...roach. If we can help people manage their negative emotions in a different way, or help people deal with social situations more confidently, that would assist them to stop smoking." Dr. Stephen Joseph continued: "This research is of significance for health psychologists as it clarifies the relationship betwee...Brain imaging study reveals interplay of thought and emotion in economic decisions
...ral researcher. "Now we can show biologically that emotions are not just important in a tangential way, in that making a decision makes you feel a certain way; they are important in a primary way because a sufficiently negative emotion can induce you to make certain decisions that would seem to go against you...