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To suppress or to explore? Emotional strategy may influence anxiety
May 13, 2013 18:48
When trouble approaches, what do you do? Run for the hills? Hide? Pretend it isn’t there? Or do you focus on the promise...
Forced exercise may protect against anxiety and stress
Apr 26, 2013 20:31
Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a...
Researchers discover the brain origins of variation in pathological anxiety
Mar 30, 2013 18:07
New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other...
Children who avoid scary situations likelier to have anxiety
Mar 12, 2013 17:28
Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a Mayo Clinic study of more than 800 children ages...
Study reveals potential target to better treat, cure anxiety disorders
Mar 9, 2013 18:36
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified a specific group of cells...
In the brain, broken down ‘motors’ cause anxiety
Feb 9, 2013 2:52
When motors break down, getting where you want to go becomes a struggle. Problems arise in much the same way for critical...
Is that nervous feeling social anxiety disorder, or is it simply a case of being shy?
Nov 19, 2012 18:42
Most people are faced with embarrassment or humiliation at some point in their lives. Maybe they get nervous before a big...
Soothing sounds during cataract surgery reduces patient anxiety
Nov 17, 2012 19:16
New research shows that the use of an audio therapy known as binaural beats can significantly reduce patients’ anxiety...
Study finds anxiety linked to chest pain in children
Nov 17, 2012 19:11
Psychological factors can have as much-or more-impact on pediatric chest pain as physical ones, a University of Georgia study...
Research examines why some people are afraid to relax
Nov 14, 2012 18:49
Although many people look forward to getting away on vacation or just putting their feet up at home, there are others who...
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