News tagged with body experience
Traumatic to be on a ventilator treatment while conscious
More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Body image not always a drag on women's wellbeing
Deakin University psychology researchers have found that body image isn't always a negative experience for women.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Adolescent sex linked to adult body, mood troubles, in animal study
A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity occurs when the nervous system is still developing.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Deep-chilling trauma patients to try to save them
(AP) -- Suspended animation may not be just for sci-fi movies anymore: Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging some critically injured people into a deep chill - cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Why near-death events are tricks of mind
Near-death experiences are not paranormal but triggered by a change in normal brain function, according to researchers.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Researchers find novel drug target for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
A team of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has identified a promising therapeutic target in the brain that could lead to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is the first evidence of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Turtle embryos move to bask in the sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- Turtles, like the majority of reptiles, are unable to regulate their own body heat and use their environment to control their temperature. In order to stay warm, reptiles will bask in this ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Nursing students map their way to understanding HIV
In the Faculty of Nursing, students are taught the importance of connecting with the community, and nursing professor Vera Caine has come up with a way for students to not only learn about working in the community, but also ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Allure of avatar to unlock secrets of sex
(PhysOrg.com) -- There's more to what makes a man or woman attractive than mere shape or weight, but what else do we take into account when we make that judgement?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2010 |
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Parkinson's disease treatment strategies appear to have similar long-term effects on disability
Patients with early Parkinson disease appear to have similar overall levels of disability and quality of life six years after beginning treatment with either levodopa or a dopamine agonist, according to a report posted online ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2009 |
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