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Explore the latestIn an eye-tracking study of 103 Norwegian students, higher neuroticism was linked to faster first looks at fearful and sad faces. Anxiety symptoms sped up looks at all emotional faces, and d…
Read articleIn a Spanish cohort of 3,085 adults aged 65 and older followed up to 23 years, depressive symptoms were linked to a 1.76-times higher risk of Alzheimer's-coded death, and 2.23 times in women…
Read articleIn a 2026 mouse study, a single 10 mg/kg dose of ketamine reduced swim immobility in stressed mice with the circuit intact (7 mice, P = 0.0093) but did nothing when the thalamic nucleus reun…
Read articleIn 2 cohorts of adults over 60, having both insomnia and anxiety was linked to double the odds of cognitive impairment and a 54% higher rate of new dementia. Either condition alone was not.
Read articleIn a survey of 169 UAE mothers right after vaginal birth, higher anxiety was linked to less control during labor. First-time mothers had the most anxiety and the least control.
Read articleIn interviews after 10 sessions of NADA ear acupuncture, Swedish psychiatric outpatients with anxiety described calm, better sleep and relief that often faded, while some reported pain, head…
Read articleIn a brain-scan study of 135 young adults, higher depression and social anxiety symptoms were linked to giving up rewards to avoid demanding judges, with a stronger threat response and weake…
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