High quality and happy marriages the best stress busters for women, revealed in a new study by James A. Coan, which is published in the December 2006 issue of the journal Psychological Science. All women need to lower their stress levels and strong and happy marriage is the solution.
A new study examined brain tissue acquired at autopsy and found that VENs were devastated in FTD. Von Economo neurons (VENs) are uniquely shaped brain cells that seem to have evolved in a select group of socially complex species: great apes, humans, and, as reported last month, whales.
Shakespearean characters experiencing strong emotions are prone to fits, faints and even death, according to research published in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ.
Reduce stress by holding the hands of your spouse! A University of Virginia neuroscientist has found that women under stress who hold their husbands’ hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans.
The natural herb black cohosh is commonly used by women to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its action have eluded scientists — until now.
Mice with neuroblastoma tumors have been successfully treated with genetically modified cells that sought out the cancer cells and activated a chemotherapy drug directly at those sites, according to investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and their colleagues at City of Hope National Medical Center (Duarte, Calif.) and the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that arises in the part of the nervous system outside the brain.
It’s long been known that experiencing control over a stressor immunizes a rat from developing a depression-like syndrome when it later encounters stressors that it can’t control.
Babies deprived of oxygen during birth may now be treated with a cap that cools the head to prevent or reduce brain damage, U.S. health officials said.
Two small, semi aquatic mammals can use their sense of smell even when underwater, according to a new study conducted by Kenneth Catania, a biologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Study shows our brains are meant to handle variable tasks, not repetitive ones. The study of Stanford University is published in Neuron.