This Week we Cover: Another common cold virus? Modeling SARS-CoV-2’s progress through the ages. Can limonene be a possible candidate for evaluation as an agent or adjuvant against infection, immunity, and inflammation in COVID-19? New study: Without right messaging, masks… Read More ›
Stress
Aromatherapy may reduce stress and anxiety , WVU researcher suggests
Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress, WVU researcher suggests The researchers found that participants felt significantly less stressed, anxious, fatigued and overwhelmed after wearing the aromatherapy patches. The levels of anxiety and fatigue they reported fell by 40 percent, and their… Read More ›
Bone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response
Bone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response Bone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response A new study from Columbia researchers suggests that bony vertebrates can’t muster this response to danger without the skeleton. The researchers found in mice… Read More ›
Resveratrol may have powerful Anti-depressant and Anti-anxiety effects
Resveratrol may have powerful Anti-depressant and Anti-anxiety effects Resveratrol displayed neuroprotective effects against corticosterone by inhibiting the expression of PDE4. The research lays the groundwork for the use of the compound in novel antidepressants. Xia Zhu, Wenhua Li, Yongkun Li,… Read More ›
Vitamin C may be a powerful therapy for Stress induced cancers
Vitamin C may be a powerful therapy for Stress induced cancers Vitamin C may be a powerful therapy for Stress induced cancers Scientists have suspected Vitamin C’s cancer-fighting potential for decades, and several clinical trials have demonstrated positive results. This… Read More ›
Is your stress changing my brain?
Is your stress changing my brain? Scientists have discovered that stress transmitted from others can change the brain in the same way as a real stress does. Social transmission and buffering of synaptic changes after stress. Nature Neuroscience, 2018; DOI:… Read More ›
Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after trauma
Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after trauma Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after traumaResearchers discovered that Blue Light helps individuals relax up to 3 fold faster.Citations: Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a… Read More ›
Greek crisis has biological health effects / 24% of the Greeks had no hope for the future, a view shared by just 5% of the Swedes.
Young adults in Greece suffer more from stress and mental health problems and are less optimistic about the future than Swedes of the same age. The grave financial problems in Greece have brought on a social crisis that has probably… Read More ›
Study: Probiotics reduce stress-induced intestinal flare-ups
Contact: Shantell M. Kirkendoll smkirk@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System University of Michigan study helps explain benefits of probiotics for patients with stress-associated gastrointestinal disorders ANN ARBOR, Mich. – For those with irritable bowel syndrome who wonder if stress… Read More ›