News tagged with anxiety levels


New approach to dental visits may ease kids' fears

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For many children, a trip to the doctor or dentist is a stressful experience. The sensory environment (i.e., the sounds, smells, and lights associated with the clinical setting) can cause a child's anxiety levels to rise. ...


Acupressure calms children before surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

An acupressure treatment applied to children undergoing anesthesia noticeably lowers their anxiety levels and makes the stress of surgery more calming for them and their families, UC Irvine anesthesiologists have learned.





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Brain's endocannabinoid signaling pathway kept in check by two enzymes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team has shown that blocking the degradation of two naturally occurring cannabinoids in the endocannabinoid signaling pathway of the brain produces marijuana-like behavioral effects in mice, according ...


High unexpressed anger in MS patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December ...


New study links alcohol in pregnancy to child behavior problems

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways.


Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.


Coaches can shape young athletes' definition of success

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists ...


Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.


Gene knockout may cheer up mice

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.


Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...



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