Social Media Use at Age 10 May Reduce Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing
A new study links increased time spent on social media by 10 year old girls to a decline in wellbeing at the age of 15.... Read More...
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Stress May Be Just As Unhealthy As Junk Food To Digestive System
Stress causes gut microbiota composition to shift as though a female mouse is on a high fat diet, researchers report.... Read More...
Stress Has Dramatically Different Effects on Male and Female Brains: Mouse Study
Researchers from Rockefeller University have identified what they claim to be 'remarkable' differences between the way the male and female brains respond to stress. ... Read More...
Female Brain Reacts More Strongly to Prosocial Behavior Than Male Brain
University of Zurich researchers report prosocial behaviors trigger stronger reward system activation in women, where as the same neural response is elicited by selfish behavior in men.... Read More...
High Blood Pressure in 40s Linked to Increased Dementia Risk For Women
Women who had high blood pressure in their 40s are 73% more likely to develop dementia as they age than those with normal blood pressure, a new study in Neurology reports.... Read More...
Study Reveals Gender Specific Autism Risk in Siblings
A new study confirms previous findings that males have a higher risk of ASD than females. However, researchers discovered, regardless of gender, siblings born after a female child with autism had an increased risk of ASD than those born after a male on the spectrum.... Read More...
One in Four Girls is Depressed at Age 14
UCL researchers report 24 percent of girls aged 14 report feeling symptoms of depression. Only 9 percent of young teenage males reported feeling depressed.... Read More...
Sex and Aggression Controlled Separately in Female Animal Brains, But Overlap in Male Brains
According to a new study, while brain regions that control sexual and aggressive behaviors in male and female mice are the same, the way they are wired is different.... Read More...
Women Have More Active Brains Than Men
A large scale SPECT imaging study reveals women's brains are significantly more active in more regions than males, including the prefronal cortex and limbic areas. Visual and areas associated with coordination were more active in males, researchers noted.... Read More...
Living in Poor Area Increases Anxiety Risk in Women, But Not Men
According to researchers, women living in poorer areas are 60% more likely to suffer from anxiety than their more affluent peers. However, in men, there was little difference in anxiety levels.... Read More...
Gender Differences in Depression Appear at Age 12
Researchers report gender differences in both diagnoses and depressive symptoms appearing at the age of 12.... Read More...
Study Tests ‘Three Hit’ Theory of Autism
A new study reports a genetic predisposition in combination with early life stress appear to be more detrimental to males over females and may produce the social avoidance often associated with autism spectrum disorders.... Read More...