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Category Archives: Health
On Facebook – Negative vs Positive
When his father died, Doug Anter of Royal Oak, Mich., called key family members, then put the news on Facebook. By Christina Valhouli LIKE many women these days, Aran Hissam, 35, of Melbourne, Fla., posted the news that she was pregnant … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Brain, Health, Mental Health
Tagged Brain, Brain Sciences, Cognitive Science, Mental Health, People, social psychology
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Alzheimer’s Disease Early Cognitive Problems Identified
Written by Joseph Nordqvist Early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease have been discovered and published in the latest issue of American Journal of Psychiatry. The findings reveal that people who are beginning to develop the disease often show problems with processing semantic … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Depression, Health, Mental Health
Tagged Alzheimer's, Brain, Brain Sciences, Cognitive Science, Psychology, social cognition, social emotions, social psychology
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Spectroscopy make Breast Cancer Diagnosis easy
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD The analysis of small deposits of calcium in breast tissue can help differentiate cancerous and benign tumors, but it is sometimes not easy to make such a diagnosis. Now a team of researchers in the … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Health, Women Development, Women Health
Tagged Breast, Breast Cancer, Cancer, disease, Women
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Beating Your Kids Increases Their Risk of Mental Illness – Study
Children who are pushed, grabbed, shoved, slapped or hit are more likely to be diagnosed with mental illness. Just one more reason to embrace alternative forms of discipline. By Bonnie Rochman What if we, as a society, could cut down on … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Brain Sciences, Depression, EC Health, ECD, Health, Psychology, Science
Tagged Brain, Child behaviour, Child Health, Childhood, Cognitive Science, Early Childhood Development, Mental Health, Psychology
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People Who Lack Control Are More Likely To Be Superstitious – Study
During the 2010 soccer World Cup, Paul the Octopus became a worldwide superstar for correctly “predicting” the winner of all games in the competition. By Petra Rattue Queensland University researchers have found that people who felt a lack of control … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Brain Sciences, Health, Mental Health, Psychology, Science
Tagged Brain, Human Behaviour, social psychology
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Why Do Cancer Rates Increase As We Age?
As we age, our risk of developing cancer increases, because our tissue landscape changes as we age. By Grace Rattue The study is published in the journalOncogene. James DeGregori, Ph.D., researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor … Continue reading
Women have more Anxiety related Issues then Man – Study
Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders, the reasons range from hormonal fluctuations to brain chemistry to upbringing to empathy. By Melinda Beck Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, chair of the department of psychology at Yale, says … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Brain, Brain Sciences, Health, Psychology, Women Development, Women Health
Tagged Brain Sciences, Psychology, Women, Women Health
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Chronic Pain Predicted By Brain’s Emotional Response
Chronic back pain, appear to show a different pattern in the region that handles emotional responses. Written by Catharine Paddock For the first time scientists have followed a group of people with the same new back injury over time and … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Brain Sciences, Health, Mental Health, Psychology, Science
Tagged Brain Sciences, Mind Sciences, Pain, Psychology
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Is Feeling Bad a Luxury Problem? or something else…
Health experts call these “first-world problems,” meaning the accumulated stresses of daily life and the negative emotions they arouse ByWray Herbert In Judith Viorst’s classic children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Alexander wakes up with … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brain, Brain Sciences, Depression, Health, Heart, Psychology, Science
Tagged Depression, Emotional Wellness, Happiness, Health, Mortality, Privileged Problems, Science, Stress
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Exclusive: How To Give Up Smoking?? – Study
“It’s easy to quit smoking; I’ve done it hundreds of times.” – Mark Twain By Catharine Paddock There are many different ways to quit smoking. Some experts advocate using pharmacological products to help wean you off nicotine, others say all you … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Sciences, Cancer, Health, Smoking
Tagged Brain, Brain Sciences, Psychology, Research, social psychology
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Umbilical Cord Antiseptic Care Can Save Newborn Lives
Opportunity to reduce Pakistan’s high newborn death rate Cleansing a newborn’s umbilical cord with an antiseptic can reduce the risk of infection and death said a study carried out by the Aga Khan University’s Division of Women and Child Health. The … Continue reading
Posted in AKU Pakistan, EC Health, ECD, Health, Women Development, Women Health
Tagged ch, Early Childhood Development, Umbilical Cord
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Malaria Kills 1.2 Million Annually, Double Previous Estimates
Approximately 1.2 million humans die each year from malaria, a much higher figure than the previously estimated 600,000 By Christian Nordqvist The number of people who died annually from malaria between 1980 and 2010 rose from 1 million to 1.8 million … Continue reading
Healthy Lifestyle Reduces Cancer Risk
Cancer is responsible for approximately 70 per cent of the deaths in low and middle-income countries such as Pakistan. “Together it is possible,” this year’s theme for World Cancer Day, highlights the importance of raising awareness and education about … Continue reading
Drinking Coffee can reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes
Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health
Tagged Coffee, huma, Human Behaviour, Human Health, Psychology
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‘Baby brain’ is real… and it do makes you a better mom
Pregnant women DO suffer short-term memory loss …but that’s so because your brain keep focusing on the needs of your baby – New Research claims. By Sophie Borland Pregnant women have long complained that their condition makes them forgetful. Now a … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Sciences, Health, Mental Health, MotherHood, Psychology, Science, Women Development, Women Health
Tagged Child Health, Early Childhood Development, Health, Mind, Mind Sciences, Mother, Pregnancy, Psychology, Women
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Rheumatoid Arthritis – A Joint Disease which can be helped by Exercises – study
“Mindfulness” exercises, irrespective of how difficult they are, it can help to limit the stress and fatigue linked to painful rheumatoid joint disease. by Petra Rattue A small study published online in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases reveals that “Mindfulness” exercises, irrespective of how difficult they … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Joints
Tagged Arthritis, disease, Health, Hospital, Medical, Physical Science, Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Helping your Loved Ones to lose weight will be the best gift in this Christmas
Christmas may be a time of indulging for many, but health experts believe it is the perfect time to tell a loved one they are overweight. The National Obesity Forum and International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk said it was important … Continue reading
