A recent study led by an international team of researchers used virtual reality to understand the impact anxiety has on the brain and how brain regions interact with one another to shape behaviour. The study has been published in the ‘Communications Biology Journal’ “These findings tell us that anxiety disorders might be more than a lack […]
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Study shows virtual reality reduces pain, anxiety in children
A new study has shown that engaging in virtual reality can significantly reduce pain and anxiety in children undergoing intravenous catheter placement. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’. It isn’t a matter of one needle puncture. Many children coming through the doors of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are seen for chronic […]
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Animal study looks at anxiety differences between females, males
Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine recently examined how biological factors impact anxiety disorders. The team studied male and female rodent models to better understand sex differences in biological responses related to anxiety. Their study”>study published in the journal Psychopharmacology examines how biological factors impact anxiety disorders, specifically in females. They found that anxiety […]
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Depression, anxiety linked to earlier onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Having depression is known to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. However, a new study has found that depression and anxiety are linked to earlier onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). According to the study, if people do develop Alzheimer’s disease, those with depression may start experiencing dementia symptoms about two years earlier than those who do not have depression. The study also suggested that people with anxiety who develop Alzheimer’s may […]
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US adults report highest sensation of anxiety since beginning of the Covid-19
As the US faces a severe political race season, political turmoil and viciousness, a temperamental economy, and a soaring death toll due to COVID-19, 84 percent of US grown-ups said the nation has genuine social issues that should be tended to, according to an American poll. As indicated by the new survey, […]
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Here’s why social media not actually linked to teen anxiety, depression
While most of us believe that technostress is caused by social media, a study found that time spent on social media does not directly cause anxiety and depression in teenagers. The amount of time teenagers spend on social networking sites has risen by 62.5 per cent since 2012 and continues to grow. […]