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·August 6, 2024·5 min read

Loneliness Linked to Nightmares

Research reveals that loneliness is linked to an increased frequency and intensity of nightmares, highlighting the connection between social isolation and sleep disturbances. The study suggests that stress, rumination, and hyperarousal contribute to these effects, indicating that loneliness affects mental and physical well-being. This research supports the evolutionary theory that a sense of belonging is crucial for human survival. Addressing loneliness may potentially improve sleep quality and overall health.

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·April 29, 2023·5 min read

Focusing on Mental Imagery Helps Teens Break Free From Negativity

Negative rumination can be improved by using mental imagery for teens, a new study reports. Mental imagery appears to improve negative affect and helps regulate the nervous system, the researchers reported. While researchers were unable to answer why mental imagery was so effective, they hypothesised imagery is more immersive and requires greater effort, creating a greater emotional response and thus a larger distraction.

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·January 12, 2023·3 min read

A Key Step Toward New Treatment for Hereditary Blindness

Using animal models, researchers demonstrate a potentially effective approach to treating blindness associated with genetic conditions by using mRNA and lipid nanoparticles.

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·June 6, 2022·3 min read

COVID-19 Increases Risk of Psychiatric Diagnoses in the Months After Infection

Those infected with COVID-19 have a 25% increased risk of being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder in the four months following contracting the disease. The association was higher for anxiety disorders.

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·March 26, 2021·5 min read

Want a Longer, Healthier Life? Resolve Your Arguments by Day’s End

Resolving arguments on the day they occur helps reduce and improves overall wellbeing, researchers report.

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·July 26, 2020·5 min read

Narcissists Don’t Learn From Their Mistakes Because They Don’t Think They Make Any

When most people make errors, they are willing to learn from their mistakes. Those with narcissistic personality traits fail to acknowledge when they make mistakes and are thus unable to learn from errors they have made.

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·January 13, 2020·6 min read

College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but they binge drink less

Marijuana use rates are increasing in college students in states where recreational use has been legalized. Following cannabis legalization, binge drinking rates between the cohort group fell significantly.

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·October 17, 2019·5 min read

Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

Fruit flies exposed to blue light had significantly reduced longevity than those exposed to natural light or kept in darkness. Exposure to blue light for 12 hours a day accelerated aging phenotypes, causing retinal damage, neurodegeneration, and impaired locomotion.

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·September 23, 2019·4 min read

Cats, like children and dogs, develop attachments to their caregivers

Popular belief suggests cats are more independent and less likely to form close attachments with humans. However, a new study casts doubt on this myth. Researchers have found cats display the same main attachment styles to their owners as dogs, and babies to their parents.

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·September 4, 2019·4 min read

New insight into motor neuron death mechanisms could be a step toward ALS treatment

When a motor neuron-specific pool of heat shock protein 90 (Hps90) was inhibited, motor neuron apoptosis was triggered.

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·July 2, 2019·4 min read

Copper compound shows further potential as therapy for slowing ALS

Treatment with copper-ATSM helped mouse models retain behavioral performance and prevented extensive motor neuron degeneration and microglial activation associated with ALS.