Early trauma leads to changes in the blood
Early trauma changes metabolites in the blood, researchers find. Those changes can be passed down to the next generation, too, experiments with mice reveal.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: anxiety stress trauma blood childrens-health featured health-and-medicine
Bisexuals get less health benefit from education
Typically, more education means better health, but new research finds that link doesn't apply for bisexual adults.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: education anxiety discrimination health-and-medicine lgbtq
How we discovered that VR can profile your personality
How much does your virtual reality headset know about your life?
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: virtual-reality anxiety psychology stress data-privacy personality neuroticism vr cambridge-analytica
Immune molecule may keep mouse brains running right
In a surprising brain-body connection, immune cells make a molecule called il-17 that may be vital for normal brain function, a study with mice shows.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution anxiety brains science-and-technology immune-systems
Google shows huge panic attack rise during COVID
Data from Google searches show more people started searching for panic attacks, treatments, and anxiety since COVID-19 became a pandemic.
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: covid-19 anxiety internet stress fear featured health-and-medicine
Too few social media ‘likes’ can amp up teen depression
Getting fewer "likes" on social media can lead to depression and anxiety in young people, a new study shows.
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: social-media depression anxiety stress teens society-and-culture social-lives health-and-medicine
3 research-based ways to cope with the uncertainties of pandemic life
Feel like you're facing too many pandemic-related unknowns? Reframing what it means to not know can help you break the uncertainty-anxiety connection.
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: mental-health covid-19 coronavirus anxiety psychology uncertainty cognitive-behavioral-therapy worry coronavirus-anxiety mindset
Sexual minority men who smoke report worse mental health
The relationship between smoking, substance use, and mental health among sexual and gender minority populations suggest a need for holistic treatment.
Sept. 21, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: drugs addiction alcohol anxiety health-and-medicine lgbtq cigarettes
App eases eating disorder symptoms for college women
Stigma surrounding eating disorders may keep young adults on college campuses from seeking treatment. A new app may help change that.
Sept. 8, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: anxiety food apps eating-disorders health-and-medicine
How to help kids deal with ‘big feelings’ during COVID-19
During the pandemic, children are struggling with difficult issues and parents are struggling over how to help them. Listening may be the best thing to do.
Sept. 2, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: covid-19 parents anxiety childrens-health families health-and-medicine
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