News tagged with panic attacks
No Direct Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2009 |
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New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.
Panic attacks linked to higher risk of heart attacks and heart disease, especially in younger people
Dec 11, 2008 |
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People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates occurring in younger ...
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Blood tests may be possible for mental health conditions
Mar 06, 2007 |
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Blood tests for panic disorder and other mental health conditions are potentially around the corner, based on results from a University of Iowa study.
Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...
Carbon dioxide triggers inborn distress
Oct 03, 2007 |
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PLoS ONE publishes a study showing that inhalation of carbon dioxide (CO2) triggers emotional distress and a panic response in healthy individuals. The findings of the study posit panic as an inborn survival-oriented response. ...
Traumatic response to bad memories can be minimized
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Irvine researchers have identified the brain mechanism that switches off traumatic feelings associated with bad memories, a finding that could lead to the development of drugs to treat panic disorders.
Fear that freezes the blood in your veins
Mar 25, 2008 |
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"The blood froze in my veins" or "My blood curdled" – these common figures of speech can be taken literally, according to the latest studies. Indeed, more literally than some of us would like. For it turns out that intense ...
Free will takes flight: how our brains respond to an approaching menace
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Wellcome Trust scientists have identified for the first time how our brain's response changes the closer a threat gets. Using a "Pac Man"-like computer game where a volunteer is pursued by an artificial predator, the researchers ...
Caffeine abuse becoming health problem
Nov 27, 2006 |
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Use of caffeine as a stimulant is becoming a problem among U.S. young people who can't get enough of it, Northwestern University researchers say.
Cloudmark warns of increased 'phishing'
Dec 28, 2005 |
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Cloudmark Inc. issued a consumer warning Wednesday in anticipation of an increased risk of "phishing attacks" following the holiday shopping season.
Professor tracks Columbine media discourse from 'school shooting' to 'terrorism'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Decades spent studying mass media messages of fear led noted Arizona State University scholar David Altheide to examine how the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, were originally portrayed ...
To bet or not to bet: How the brain learns to estimate risk
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Researchers from EPFL and Caltech have made an important neurobiological discovery of how humans learn to predict risk. The research, appearing in the March 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, will shed light on why ...
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