News tagged with muscle tension

Study finds exercise reduces anxiety symptoms in women

Approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population suffers from excessive, uncontrollable worry that reduces their health and quality of life. The condition, known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is difficult to overcome and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The healing effects of forests

"Many people," says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla, "feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Medication may provide some benefit for older adults with anxiety disorder

Preliminary research suggests that use of the drug escitalopram provided some improvement in symptoms for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder, although the overall benefits were diminished because of nonadherence ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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3Qs: It's all in the mind

The American Psychological Association recently released a study reporting that one in five Americans is extremely stressed. We asked Erin Sharaf, a clinical instructor in the Bouvé College of Health ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Don't let footing go afoul at turkey day race

Next week, on Thursday, Nov. 24, thousands of people of all ages will turn out to participate in Cincinnati’s 102nd annual Thanksgiving Day Race. Some will be elite athletes, some will be first-timers and others will ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How the fly flies: Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation

Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, recently identified ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Worms reveal secrets of wound-healing response

The lowly and simple roundworm may be the ideal laboratory model to learn more about the complex processes involved in repairing wounds and could eventually allow scientists to improve the body's response to healing skin ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists: Lions and tigers roar a bit like babies cry

When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply – terrifying every creature within earshot – they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Put the brakes on using your brain power

German researchers have used drivers' brain signals, for the first time, to assist in braking, providing much quicker reaction times and a potential solution to the thousands of car accidents that are caused by human error.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Single drug and soft environment can increase platelet production: research

Humans produce billions of clot-forming platelets every day, but there are times when there aren't enough of them, such as with certain diseases or during invasive surgery. Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Single drug, soft environment can increase platelet production

(Medical Xpress) -- Humans produce billions of clot-forming platelets every day, but there are times when there aren’t enough of them, such as with certain diseases or during invasive surgery. Now, University ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers move closer to identifying new class of asthma, COPD drugs

Researchers in Baltimore have identified new compounds whichrelax airway muscles and may provide relief from shortness of breath for patients with COPD and asthma. The bitter-tasting compounds are at least as, if not more, ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Venom tears: Snake bites can turn out to be groovy

Many people worry about the manner of their death. Death by car accident, death by cancer and death by gunshot are some of the more dreaded ways to go. No less awful is the prospect of death by snakebite. ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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