Dreams May Serve a Real Purpose: Preparing Us to Face Our Fears
Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Switzerland,…
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Hearing Aids May Help Reduce Risks of Dementia, Depression, and Falls
The use of hearing aids was linked with lower risks of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, and injurious falls in an analysis…
Mayo Clinic: CBD Products & Hemp Oil May Be Helpful but More Research Is Needed
Cannabidiol (CBD) oils and products have become increasingly popular with consumers as ways to find relief from aches and pains, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and other…
Disruption of Memory Reconsolidation Erases a Fear Memory Trace
Fear memories are formed when humans associate things with strong, negative emotional responses. A team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have developed a…
Brain Scans Help Predict Whether Patients Will Respond to Therapy
Newly published research details how a team of scientists discovered that the effectiveness of social anxiety therapy could be predicted by measuring patients’ brain activity…
Nose Spray for Panic Attacks? Intranasal Neuropeptide S Lowers Anxiety
New findings show a non-invasive way to administer anxiolytic neuropeptide S (NPS). While working with mice, the findings show that intranasally administered neuropeptide S was…