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Health PsychologyApr 15, 2025
How circadian clocks maintain robustness in changing environments
New research has uncovered how a simple circadian clock network demonstrates advanced noise-filtering capabilities, enhancing our understanding of how biological circuits maintain accuracy in dynamic natural…
Health PsychologyApr 14, 2025
Four Psychologists Advancing Mental Health to Follow in 2025
A new wave of innovative psychologists is redefining mental health care, pushing beyond traditional models to create more ...
Health PsychologyApr 11, 2025
Candidate deafness genes revealed in new study
New candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness have been identified.
Health PsychologyApr 10, 2025
Brain pathway links inflammation to loss of motivation, energy in advanced cancer
Researchers identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study, they describe a brain pathway that starts with neurons…
Health PsychologyApr 9, 2025
Beyond jet lag: New study unveils extent of travel-related sleep disruption from 1.5 million nights of data
A collaborative study found that while sleep duration recovers quickly, sleep timing and sleep architecture can take significantly longer to realign when traveling across time zones.
Health PsychologyApr 8, 2025
ALS drug effectively treats Alzheimer's disease in new animal study
Experimental drug NU-9 -- a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- improves neuron health in animal…
Health PsychologyApr 4, 2025
Exercise as an anti-aging intervention to avoid detrimental impact of mental fatigue
Retired adults who habitually exercised outperformed sedentary adults in physical and cognitive tests.
Health PsychologyApr 3, 2025
How the brain and inner ear are formed
Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the cells' developmental…
Health PsychologyApr 3, 2025
Cognitive decline comes sooner for people with heart failure
There are over six million Americans with heart failure who are at greater risk of losing their cognitive abilities earlier in life, a study suggests. Global cognition and executive functioning declined more rapidly over…
Health PsychologyMar 31, 2025
Mouse study identifies shared genes involved in hearing and vision regeneration
The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study. Researchers focused on a group of interacting genes called the Hippo pathway, which serve as a 'stop growing'…
Health PsychologyMar 31, 2025
Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer's disease, measures extent of dementia
A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new study.
Health PsychologyMar 28, 2025
PET imaging confirms direct involvement of dopamine in cognitive flexibility
Scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding tasks, and that the more…
Health PsychologyMar 26, 2025
Highly educated people face steeper mental declines after stroke
Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study. The findings suggest that attending higher education may enable people to retain greater…
Health PsychologyMar 24, 2025
At-home smell test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers developed olfactory tests -- in which participants sniff odor labels that have been placed on a card -- to assess people's ability to discriminate, identify and remember odors. They found that participants…
Health PsychologyMar 19, 2025
Sleepier during the day? For some older people, it's linked to twice the dementia risk
For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the risk of developing dementia during that time, according to a new study. The study does not…
Health PsychologyMar 17, 2025
New AI model analyzes full night of sleep with high accuracy in largest study of its kind
Researchers have developed a powerful AI tool, built on the same transformer architecture used by large language models like ChatGPT, to process an entire night's sleep. To date, it is one of the largest studies…
Health PsychologyMar 6, 2025
Alzheimer's treatment may lie in the brain's own cleanup crew
A new study suggests a promising alternative to previous attempts to remove the sticky, toxic amyloid beta plaques from brains with Alzheimer's Disease: enhancing the brain's own immune cells to clear these plaques more…
Health PsychologyMar 5, 2025
Hearing triggered by molecular 'spring'
Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, but they could not…
Health PsychologyMar 4, 2025
Novel stem cell therapy repairs 'irreversible' corneal damage in clinical trial
Results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of a novel stem cell treatment for cornea injuries found 14 patients treated and tracked for 18 months had a more than 90% success rate at restoring the cornea's surface and…
Health PsychologyMar 4, 2025
Researchers identify molecular glues that protect insulin-producing cells from damage related to diabetes
Researchers have discovered a novel approach to protecting insulin-producing beta cells from the damaging effects of glucolipotoxicity - a harmful condition linked to the progression of type 2 diabetes (T2D). These…
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Personality Influences on Sleep Quality and Disorders
Sleep quality and disorders are influenced by enduring patterns of thoughts, emotions and behaviours known as personality traits.
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Sleep-Emotion Interactions in Psychological Resilience
Sleep plays a pivotal role in shaping emotional health and fostering resilience in the face of stress. Through coordinated ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pain Management
Chronic pain, defined as pain persisting for more than three months, presents multifaceted challenges that extend beyond sensory ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Neuropsychological Mechanisms of Chronic Pain Disorders
Chronic pain disorders are sustained by maladaptive neuroplastic changes across cortical and subcortical networks. Central ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
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Health psychology examines the interplay between psychological processes, behaviours and physical well-being. Drawing on the ...
Health PsychologyFeb 28, 2025
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
Cognitive behavioural interventions for insomnia and related sleep disorders have emerged as first-line treatments that target ...
Health PsychologyFeb 26, 2025
Nuns contribute 30 years of critical insight into dementia disorders
Researchers published a study analyzing more than 30 years of aging and dementia patterns of 678 nuns.
Health PsychologyFeb 24, 2025
New AI model measures how fast the brain ages
A new artificial intelligence model measures how fast a patient's brain is aging and could be a powerful new tool for understanding, preventing and treating cognitive decline and dementia.
Health PsychologyFeb 19, 2025
'Healthy' vitamin B12 levels not enough to ward off neuro decline
Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough -- particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for cognitive impairment.