News tagged with emotional tears

Tear research focused on contact lens risks, benefit

Contact lenses are great for sight, but do they have an impact on general eye health? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Optometry are working to answer that question by analyzing tears.

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Mumbai hospital review highlights challenges posed by a major terrorist attack

Meticulous forward planning, effective casualty assessment by a senior surgeon and efficient teamwork by medical and administrative staff are essential when handling injuries sustained in major terrorist incidents.

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inflammation in depression: Chicken or egg?

An important ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry is whether inflammation in the body is a consequence of or contributor to major depression. A new study in Biological Psychiatry has attempted to resolve the issue.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mom can buffer effects of stress on teen's memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic stress in childhood can hurt children and teens physically, mentally and emotionally. However, having a sensitive, responsive mother can reduce at least one of these harmful effects, reports a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Writer Isaacson on Steve Jobs: 'I just listened'

(AP) -- Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson he wanted him to write his biography because he's good at getting people to talk. Jobs, it turns out, didn't need much prodding, secretive as he was about both his private life and ...

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paralyzed man uses mind-powered robot arm to touch

Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts - but a milestone for a paralyzed man.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

How chronic stress short-circuits parenting

In the best of circumstances, raising a toddler is a daunting undertaking. But parents under long-term stress often find it particularly challenging to tap into the patience, responsiveness, and energy required ...

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created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

College football players can cry (a little) if they want to

While there's no crying in baseball, as Tom Hanks' character famously proclaimed in "A League of Their Own," crying in college football might not be a bad thing, at least in the eyes of one's teammates.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Not all women choose reconstruction after mastectomy; the options are many

It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology, close parental relationships are changing how young people transition to college

It’s orientation for Temple University’s incoming freshmen, and both students and their parents are coming to terms with the reality of their impending separation.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

End of an era: Last space shuttle comes home (Update 2)

The space shuttle passed into history Thursday, the words "wheels stop" crackling over the cockpit radio for the very last time.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7


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