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Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.


Both distress and fatigue impact resident physician errors, study finds

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers report that distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors. The findings appear today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...


Acute impact on brain function in earthquake survivors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New research has found that the Wenchuan, China earthquake that occurred on 12 May 2008 had an acute impact on the brain function of physically healthy survivors and poses a risk to the mental health of these survivors. The ...


Researchers Link Huntington Depression to Genetics

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The depression experienced by people with Huntington disease (HD) may have nothing to do with the emotional stress of knowing you have a devastating, incurable disorder, according to a University of British ...


New Clues about Genetic Influence of Stress on Men's Health

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Men with a common genetic variant produce more than twice as much of a hormone known to increase blood pressure and blood sugar when they are angry, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center.