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Winter blues see the light
(Medical Xpress) -- It happens every year — the shortened daylight hours of the winter months always seem to affect one’s mood. People of all ages can develop seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of clinical ...
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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Study tests new treatments for the winter blues
If winter's long nights and cold weather have you feeling depressed, a new research study could lift your spirits. The study, lead by Janis Anderson, PH.D., an associate psychologist in the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Treatment with light benefits Alzheimer's patients, study finds
Exposure to light appears to have therapeutic effects on Alzheimer's disease patients, a Wayne State University researcher has found.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Fall market jitters a SAD thing, suggests paper from the Rotman School of Management
It's no surprise to researcher Lisa Kramer that financial market dips and crashes typically happen in the fall.
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Oct 11, 2011 |
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Among insects, 'chivalry' isn't dead (w/ video)
Some male crickets will apparently put the lives of their mating partners ahead of their own. When a mated pair is out together, a male will allow a female priority access to the safety of a burrow, even though ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Depression prevention better than cure
Eight out of ten Australians would radically change their risky behaviour if tests showed they had a genetic susceptibility to depression, a national study has found.
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Aug 02, 2011 |
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Teaching the neurons to meditate
In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter months. ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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Panic symptoms increase steadily, not acutely, after stressful event
Just like everyone else, people with panic disorder have real stress in their lives. They get laid off and they fight with their spouses. How such stresses affect their panic symptoms hasn't been well understood, but a new ...
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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'Controlling' partners suffer more conflict with sexual desire
People who feel secure in in their relationship with their partner have a more satisfactory sex life and are more able to be sensitive in the affection they give. However, people who are insecure, who tend towards anxiety ...
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Jun 01, 2011 |
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Experimental work proves theory that circadian body clock requires delay to function properly
For more than 20 years, theoretical mathematical models have predicted that a delay built into a negative feedback system is at the heart of the molecular mechanism that governs circadian clocks in mammalian ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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SAD affects many through winter months
For many, the changing of the seasons means cozy dark evenings of winter and enjoying holiday light displays. But perhaps for you, the shortening of the days signals a time when you feel down, sad or withdrawn. You may notice ...
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Feb 18, 2011 |
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Winter blues affect many
Q&A with Dr. Jeffrey Meyer of psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Gerbils also get the winter blues
December 21 -- the date of the winter solstice -- marks the shortest day of the year. Many people may find themselves wanting to spend more time on the couch and less time with friends -- one of the effects ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Surviving the Christmas blues
Christmas is a time of strong emotions, reflections on lost loved ones and stress from shopping and preparing for seasonal parties and gatherings.
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Dec 13, 2010 |
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Babies' biological clocks dramatically affected by birth light cycle
The season in which babies are born can have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological clocks function.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 05, 2010 |
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