A new study provides evidence for what many people who experience headache have long suspected -- having more stress in your life leads to more headaches via Does more stress equal more headaches? -- ScienceDaily.
In a survey of 1,829 people who had been prescribed anti-depressants, the researchers found large numbers of people -- over half in some cases -- reporting on psychological problems due to their medication, which has led to growing concerns about [...]
Success, in the Western world, means “gaining time,” according to French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard. The faster we do things — work, eat, sleep, read — the more time we “gain.” But this focus on time efficiency could be making the [...]
Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, attention deficit disorder ADHD, dyslexia, and cerebral palsy affect one in six children worldwide. Growing evidence strongly links childhood exposures to hazardous chemicals such as mercury, lead, and certain solvents and pesticides to higher rates [...]
The word intuition is derived from the Latin intueor – to see; intuition is thus often invoked to explain how the mind can “see” answers to problems or decisions in the absence of explicit reasoning – a “gut reaction”. Several [...]
The one thing everyone knows about William Blake is that he was a visual artist as well as a poet. It might be thought that since he took such trouble to illustrate his poetry, or to use his word, illuminate [...]
This is where sleep comes in – it puts the brain into an “offline” state during which the synaptic strength accumulated during wakefulness can be surveyed through spontaneous electrical activity. And it ensures the process is uninterrupted by the external [...]
Being mindful appears to help prevent the formation of bad habits, but perhaps good ones too. Georgetown University researchers are trying to unravel the impact of implicit learning, and their findings might appear counterintuitive—at first. Mindfulness inhibits implicit learning—the wellspring [...]
Does your heart sink at the sight of your beloved pooch sitting in the window as his waving paw bids you farewell? Do you feel your working day would be vastly improved if you could only spend time with your [...]
Job stress increases the risk of heart disease, but living a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce that risk, a new study says. via Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds --Doctors Lounge.