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Pets have their own reason for following you to bathroom

If your pets are following to every nook and cranny of your house blame it to their 'pack behaviour'.

15 Apr 2018 2:33 PM

Brain's memory region may hold clues for depression

New study suggests we may need to rethink how the hippocampus processes information.

15 Apr 2018 9:40 AM

The behavioural addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain in ways similar to how opioid addiction is experienced by people taking Oxycontin for pain relief. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study says smartphone addiction may increase loneliness, anxiety and depression

According to the researchers, we can take charge and train ourselves to be less addicted to our phones and computers.

14 Apr 2018 5:44 PM

As anxiety is common in older people, rising anxiety symptoms may prove to be most useful as a risk marker in older adults with other genetic, biological or clinical indicators of high AD risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds anxiety may be an early sign of Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease is neurodegenerative condition causes decline of cognitive function and inability to carry out daily life activities.

04 Apr 2018 8:18 AM

Some people are genetically predisposed to need more sleep, others need more sleep because it is a learned behaviour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are reasons you may be sleeping more than others

Chances are regularly snoozing for ten hours or more could be a sign of something more serious than just a busy week.

02 Apr 2018 1:32 PM

Emotional stability is characterised by being stable and emotionally resilient. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxiety may trigger smartphone addiction: study

The study also found that people who are closed off or less open with their emotions are more likely to have problems with smartphone use.

22 Mar 2018 7:35 PM

Aerobic exercise is currently recommended as a standard treatment, but many patients find it difficult to exercise. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tai chi beneficial for managing chronic pain

Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes widespread body pain.

22 Mar 2018 2:15 PM

Anxiety in women increases during midlife as a result of decreased levels of estrogen, which has a neuroprotective role. (Photo: Pixabay)

Feeling anxious? Blame your waistline

Hormone changes may be involved in the development of both anxiety and abdominal obesity.

07 Mar 2018 5:17 PM

Numerous studies suggest meditation could help in relieving anxiety and reducing stress levels.

Beat stress levels by practicing meditation, says study

Team of two scientists provides some handy tips to help the people to regularly do meditation in order to beat the stress levels.

06 Mar 2018 8:47 AM

Various past studies have shown that the high stress levels could lead to array of health issues. (Photo: Pixabay)

Practice meditation to beat rising stress levels

A study suggested that the stress levels among the American natives have been increasing for the first time in ten years.

05 Mar 2018 9:11 PM

For educators, it is important to be mindful that there could be individual factors that influence the retention of the material they are teaching (Photo: AFP)

People may remember things better with manageable levels of anxiety

It was discovered that individuals high in anxiety showed a heightened sensitivity to the influences of emotional context on their memory.

27 Feb 2018 10:20 AM

Here are the 4 kinds of drinkers

Researchers developed a motivational model of alcohol use to help treat heavy drinkers.

20 Feb 2018 2:55 PM

Immediate rest after embryo transfer has negative outcomes

The process of treatment takes over two weeks to confirm pregnancy

20 Feb 2018 1:14 PM

Magaly Newcomb, right comforts her daughter Haley Newcomb, 14, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at a makeshift memorial outside the school, in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old who had been expelled from the school, is being held without bail in the Broward County Jail, accused of 17 counts of first-degree murder. (Photo: AP)

Here’s how witnessing violence harms children's mental health

Researchers say incidents like deadly school shooting in Florida could make children question if something similar could happen to them.

19 Feb 2018 6:12 PM

The tests could lead to earlier detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists develop tests to indicate autism in children

Children with autism could be given appropriate treatment much earlier in their lives.

19 Feb 2018 1:00 PM

Why so many college students are suffering from mental health issues

When reality has to compete with the virtual world, it leads to disastrous outcomes.

12 Feb 2018 11:45 AM

Up to 90% of people with psychosis suffer from paranoid thoughts, leading them to perceive threats where there are none. (Photo: Pixabay)

Virtual reality may reduce paranoia in psychotics: study

Exposure to virtual reality did not increase the time participants subsequently spent with other people.

10 Feb 2018 2:17 PM

Anxiety level mediated the link between imagining exposure to air pollution and unethical behaviour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air pollution may lead to unethical behaviour: study

The findings published in the journal Psychological Science suggest that this association may be due to increased anxiety.

08 Feb 2018 12:34 PM

Men almost twice as likely to have been bitten as women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxious people more likely to get bitten by dogs: study

The suggested link between victim personality and risk of being bitten requires further investigation.

05 Feb 2018 12:37 PM

It’s not all a bed of roses for Kaviya, who reveals that she faces her share of creative blocks as well.

Dishing out the dirt

As part of her creative process, Kaviya learns more about the topics to understand the bigger picture.

04 Feb 2018 7:00 AM

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