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Blood pressure drug curbs brain damage from PTSD
A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia.   view more (2007-11-07)

Depression model leaves mice with molecular scar
In addition to triggering a depression-like social withdrawal syndrome, repeated defeat by dominant animals leaves a mouse with an enduring "molecular scar" in its brain that could help to explain why depression is so difficult to cure.   view more (2006-03-01)

Protein found to shield pancreatic cancer cells from self-destruction
An overexpressed protein protects human pancreatic cancer cells from being forced to devour themselves, removing one of the body's natural defenses against out-of-control cell growth.   view more (2007-03-20)

A good game of golf-mind over matter
Ever stood on the tee and as you feel the eyes on the other golfers on you, your heart starts to race, your palms become sweaty, and you worry about making a mess of the shot? If this has happened, you are experiencing performance stress. A new study from the University of Alberta shows the... view more (2005-06-20)

University to develop new therapeutics for cancer
Dr Roger Barraclough, from the School of Biological Sciences, is working on a new protein which causes some cancer cells to spread around the body. This protein is being developed to assist in improving the management of breast cancer.   view more (2006-07-28)

Traumatic events, but not post-traumatic stress disorder, common in childhood
Potentially traumatic events are common in children but do not typically result in post-traumatic stress symptoms or disorder, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2007-05-08)

Finding the most stressful occupations
Jobs in which you have to hide your true feelings and emotions are the most stressful according to a large study comparing stress levels of 24 occupations. Ambulance service staff, teachers, social services, customer services (i.e. call centre staff), prison officers, clerical and administrative... view more (2005-01-07)

Scientists learn role of oxidative stress in estrogen-related bone loss
Scientists have discovered new information about an immune pathway in mice that explains how oxidative stress that results from acute estrogen deficiency leads to the loss of bone.   view more (2007-09-11)

Vitamins C and E support breathing following an operation
Patients who have recently undergone an operation experience less breathing problems after being given a cocktail of vitamins C and E. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center following experiments with patients and healthy volunteers. During the first... view more (2002-09-11)

Hemodialysis Causes Antioxidant Loss Leading to Long-Term Complications
An article published in Hemodialysis International discusses the role of oxidative stress (OS) in dialysis patients, an imbalance which can result in long-term health problems. Potential therapeutic options to restore balance in patients are also reviewed.   view more (2005-04-07)

Post-abortion syndrome
Anti-abortion groups now characterise abortion as trauma, damaging two people: the foetus and the woman undergoing the procedure. The claim that abortion damages women psychologically and gives rise to a form of post-traumatic stress disorder is routinely made by anti-abortion groups and has become... view more (1999-06-23)

The bonsai effect: Wounded plants make jasmonates, inhibiting cell division, stunting growth
It is well known that plants growing under unfavourable conditions are generally smaller than those growing in stress-free conditions: indeed it is estimated that in the US, abiotic stress reduces the yield of agricultural crops by an average of 22%.   view more (2008-11-12)

Decrease in progression of prostate cancer
Statistics say that one out of six American men will develop prostate cancer and more than a third of them will experience a recurrence after undergoing treatment, putting them at high risk to die of the disease.   view more (2006-08-16)

Improving your diet may not help you beat stress
Research published online in the Journal of Proteome Research, shows how improving the diet of rats placed in stressful environments did not normalise their metabolic profile, an indicator of their health.   view more (2006-07-06)

Mental Disorders In Postconflict Communities
People who experience violence associated with armed conflict have a range of mental disorders, suggest researchers from the Netherlands in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Postconflict psychiatric research in low-income countries has so far been focused on symptoms rather than on full psychiatric... view more (2003-06-19)

Scientists retrace evolution with first atomic structure of an ancient protein
Scientists have determined for the first time the atomic structure of an ancient protein, revealing in unprecedented detail how genes evolved their functions.   view more (2007-08-17)

Geisinger study: PTSD causes early death from heart disease
Vietnam veterans who experienced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were twice as likely to die from heart disease as veterans without PTSD, a new Geisinger study finds.   view more (2008-07-07)

Stress can contribute to childhood diabetes
Stress and difficult life events in the family can contribute to the development of diabetes in children. A correlation between such mental duress and diabetes-related autoimmune activity has been established in studies at Linköping University. The studies involve 17,000 children born in... view more (2004-02-27)

Adolescents exposed to violence suffer post traumatic stress and depression
Adolescents who either witness or are victims of violence are prone to post traumatic stress disorder and depression, finds research in Injury Prevention. The study was carried out in South Africa, where 60 deaths in every 100,000 are murders - 10 times the rate in the USA. Four private high... view more (2001-11-27)

Wartime Spitfire Strain Test Monitors Stress On Key Heart Artery - Aortic Aneurysm
Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a way of using a test devised in the 1930s, and used to gauge the stress on the superchargers in wartime spitfire fighter planes, to model the stress that surgical procedures would put on an aortic aneurysm. An aortic aneurysm is a dangerous bulge... view more (2004-08-04)

Study of Whitehall civil servants explains how stress at work is linked to heart disease
New research has produced strong evidence of how work stress is linked to the biological mechanisms involved in the onset of heart disease.   view more (2008-01-23)

Stressed intestine can give rise to food allergy
The intestines of mice which have been subjected to stress, overreact to certain nutritional substances. PhD biologist Annette van Kalkeren from the University of Amsterdam has investigated the relationship between stress and the occurrence of food allergies and various intestinal disorders. The... view more (2002-04-18)

Environmental stress probed in cardiovascular disease, diabetes
How environmental stress contributes to cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes is under study at the Medical College of Georgia.   view more (2007-09-06)

Childbirth triggers post-traumatic stress
These were the findings of a study published today, Tuesday 14 March, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology, by Dr Pauline Slade and Dr Jo Czarnocka, of Sheffield University.   view more (2000-03-16)

Great legs - rainforest birds` essential survival kit
Finely shaped legs are not just objects of beauty - some contain an important message. The legs of rainforest birds tell a story of environmental degradation. These bird's legs grow while they are in the nest being fed by their parents. When they leave the nest, they are fully grown. But the legs... view more (2002-11-12)
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