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Research links childhood trauma to elderly persons' poor physical and ment
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 10 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Toronto recently conducted a study that found that elderly people who had been physically abused as children had a considerably higher likelihood of developing chronic pain and other physical ailments as they age.
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Researchers discover brain circuit that explains how light affects mood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A better knowledge of the neurological network that connects light-sensitive cells in the retina to cortical brain regions involved in mood and cognition has implications for the development of mood-disorder treatments, according to a new study.
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Gestures can improve understanding of language disorders
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of people with aphasia more often and for much longer than previousl
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Fatty food may damage cognitive function: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Australia [Oceania], July 8 (ANI): Eating fatty meals may not only increase the waistline but also damage cognitive function, according to an international study led by UniSA neuroscientists Professor Xin-Fu Zhou and Associate Professor Larisa Bobrovskaya.
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Scientists find brain pathway that helps to explain light's effect on mood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Improved understanding of a neural pathway connecting light-sensitive cells in the retina with the cortical brain regions involved in mood and cognition has implications for the development of treatments for mood disorders.
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Study finds poor physical and mental health in older adults linked to chil
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 7 (ANI): According to a recently published study by University of Toronto researchers, older persons who experienced physical abuse as children were much more likely to experience chronic pain and chronic physical illnesses in later life. In comparison to those who did
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Light exposure might influence mood and cognitive disorders, find research
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 7 (ANI): A study of 20 healthy people undergoing functional MRI while they were exposed to various intensities of light found that more than two dozen brain regions exhibited activation that either decreased or increased with light intensity, suggesting that the brain r
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Brad Pitt says he suffers from 'face blindness' which 'no one believes'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Brad Pitt has revealed that he thinks he has prosopagnosia, a rare 'face blindness' disorder, but 'no one believes him'.
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New Zealand asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 6 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis and potential civil disorder in Sri Lanka, New Zealand has asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the country.
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Study finds CRISPR technology may provide novel treatment for genetic diso
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): New research revealed that one of the major issues faced by modern medicine is the treatment of crippling hereditary illnesses. The introduction of CRISPR technology and advances in genetics research over the past ten years have given patients and their familie
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Study on brain's response to perceived threats useful for treatment of pos
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): A new study measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. The results have implications for the development of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PT
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Research: Anorexia associated with significant adverse pregnancy outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): According to a comprehensive new study, women who are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder, are five times more likely on average to have underweight babies.
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