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Anxiety disorder is a mental ailment that leads to unnecessary anxiety over different activities and events.

New initiative to make food systems more sustainable

Worldwide, unsustainable farming practices are damaging both the global environment and the health and wellbeing of people everywhere.

3 Jun 2021

Adolescents with higher omega-3 levels in blood are less likely to acquire psychotic illness

Adolescents who had greater levels of an omega-3 fatty acid in their blood were less likely to acquire psychotic illness in early adulthood.

3 Jun 2021

Study shows how mitochondrial function impacts schizophrenia in patients with genetic disorder

Researchers have demonstrated how cell “batteries” play a significant role in whether patients with the chromosomal deletion syndrome acquire schizophrenia.

20 May 2021

Eating more fruit and vegetables linked to less stress according to new research

Eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is associated with less stress, according to new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU).

14 May 2021

Study reveals genetic risk factors for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder

Researchers at the University of Calgary and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), in Toronto, have discovered genetic risk factors for OCD that could help pave the way for earlier diagnosis and improved treatment for children and youth.

13 Apr 2021

Targeting epigenetic mechanisms to advance pharmacological treatments for alcoholism

Abusive alcohol drinking considerably impacts human health. Alcoholism, better defined as Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD), includes a group of pathological entities related to alcohol-induced damage.

1 Apr 2021

Enzyme in fruit fly larvae plays key role in waking up brain stem cells

Researchers studying an enzyme in fruit fly larvae have found that it plays an important role in waking up brain stem cells from their dormant 'quiescent' state, enabling them to proliferate and generate new neurons.

12 Feb 2021

Scientists identify specific genes associated with post-traumatic stress disorder

A research team has found 18 specific, fixed positions on chromosomes (called loci) that seem to be linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

29 Jan 2021

Metabolites may be predictive indicators for recurrent major depressive disorder

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites -- small molecules produced by the process of metabolism -- may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder.

13 Jan 2021

Researchers use different colors of light to control gut bacteria genes

Baylor College of Medicine researcher Meng Wang had already shown that bacteria that make a metabolite called colanic acid (CA) could extend the lifespan of worms in her lab by as much as 50%, but her collaboration with Rice University synthetic biologist Jeffrey Tabor is providing tools to answer the bigger question of how the metabolite imparts longer life.

23 Dec 2020

Scientists aim to treat and prevent disease by understanding exercise benefits

A top exercise researcher and colleagues at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have launched an ambitious effort to understand the whole-body benefits of exercise so that doctors can use that information to prevent and treat disease.

11 Dec 2020

Changes to oral microbiota affect the cardiovascular benefits of sport

Exercise plays a key role in maintaining good physical and mental health throughout life. There is an increasing amount of scientific evidence that some of the immune system and metabolism benefits provided by sport are related to the thousands of millions of bacteria that colonize the digestive tract, from the mouth to the intestines, known as microbiota.

10 Dec 2020

Anxiety News and Research

New initiative to make food systems more sustainable

Adolescents with higher omega-3 levels in blood are less likely to acquire psychotic illness

Study shows how mitochondrial function impacts schizophrenia in patients with genetic disorder

Eating more fruit and vegetables linked to less stress according to new research

Study reveals genetic risk factors for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder

Targeting epigenetic mechanisms to advance pharmacological treatments for alcoholism

Enzyme in fruit fly larvae plays key role in waking up brain stem cells

Scientists identify specific genes associated with post-traumatic stress disorder

Metabolites may be predictive indicators for recurrent major depressive disorder

Researchers use different colors of light to control gut bacteria genes

Scientists aim to treat and prevent disease by understanding exercise benefits

Changes to oral microbiota affect the cardiovascular benefits of sport

Study shows how drug-like small molecules regulate the activity of ion channels

Researcher develops procedures for defining preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers show how AI may help in improving pregnant women's health

BMA: Most hospital trusts do not have a policy to reduce consumption of single-use plastics

Regular cannabis exposure during pregnancy may cause cognitive deficiencies, anxiety in offspring

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