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This is what stress does to your brain
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): According to a recent study, stress can impair memory and can even reduce brain size in the middle age.
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Stress hormone changes brain's volume, but stress is not to be only blamed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Minneapolis [United States], October 25 (ANI): There have been studies about stress causing the brain to shrink. Now, a latest study claims that the notion of brain volume decreasing owing to stress may be premature.
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Are you 'scared to death'? Know how fear affects your body
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 20 (ANI): Normally, when a moment of fear or a perceived threat passes, our cortisol, adrenaline and other fear-associated hormones drop to back to normal levels. But for those who live under a constant threat, these hormone levels remain elevated.
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Mother's trauma impacts newborn's weight
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 18 (ANI): According to the findings of a latest study, women who experienced higher levels of trauma gave birth to significantly smaller male babies.
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Stress during pregnancy may cause depression in female offsprings
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 17 (ANI): High maternal levels of the stress hormone cortisol during pregnancy can increase feelings of anxiousness and depression in female offsprings at the tender age of 2, a new study reveals.
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Here's how stress hormone prevents Leukemia
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 15(ANI): A human stress hormone called cortisol has been identified by scientists as a key factor behind when and why the immune system fails to prevent leukemia from taking hold.
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Why diabetes lurks among sleep-deprived men
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 19 (ANI): There's a link between insufficient sleep and the development of insulin resistance, one of the factors that cause type 2 diabetes, and now, a team of researchers has discovered a biological reason for this relationship, at least in men: an imbalance be
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New genetic find offers hope for asthma sufferers
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): A new study has offered fresh hope for asthma sufferers by identifying a genetic variant that could improve the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids, drugs that are used to treat a range of common and rare conditions including asthma, and chronic ob
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Pregnant women with PTSD have higher levels of stress hormone
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 6 (ANI): Mothers-to-be please take note! A study has recently found, pregnant women suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have 10 times higher level of stress hormone cortisol, which may affect the health and longevity of the newborns.
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