News tagged with relaxation
Putting a spin on light and atoms: How to build a better magnetometer
Magnetometers come in many shapes and sizes - an ordinary hand-held compass is the simplest - but alkali-vapor magnetometers are extrasensitive devices that measure magnetic fields using light and atoms. They ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Of traffic jams, beach sands and the zero-temperature jamming transition
Researchers in condensed matter physics at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago have created an experimental and computer model to study how jamming, the physical process in which collections of particles ...
May 13, 2009 |
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'Relaxation' a critical step in vertebrate brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Life Expectancy on the Rise -- Even for Quantum States
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have succeeded in measuring and controlling the lifetime of quantum states with potential use in optoelectronic chips. This achievement is highly significant ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The role of relaxation in consumer behavior
A forthcoming paper in the American Marketing Association's Journal of Marketing Research by Professor Michel Tuan Pham, Kravis Professor of Business, Marketing, Columbia Business School; Iris W. Hung, Assistant Professor of Mar ...
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Jul 28, 2011 |
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Americans take more risks when they drive rural highways, study says
While Americans are much more likely to die on rural highways than urban freeways, a new survey released today found that they feel much more relaxed and prone to risk-taking on rural highways.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Tips to fight depression and winter blues
You've made it through the thrills and chills of the holiday season. Now you have the bills.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Walking, talking and memory
(PhysOrg.com) -- How easy is it to walk, talk and remember what was said? Dr Dee Way studied how actors learn a script and whether walking affects their memory performance.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Research reveals understanding PMS can reduce women's distress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women can significantly improve 'that time of the month,' by learning more about how premenstrual symptoms (PMS) can affect their minds and bodies and by adopting stress management and relaxation techniques.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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You Don't Have to Struggle With Social Anxiety
(PhysOrg.com) -- To a certain extent, just about everyone has some sort of social anxiety -- from the reluctance to chat with an airplane seat mate to the nervousness that comes with public speaking.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Researchers looking at light-induced toxins in air and water
Is the air we breathe on a daily basis slowly killing us? It may not be that severe, but the air we breathe and water we drink may be more harmful than we realize.
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Acupuncture is equally effective with simulated needles
sometimes referred to as placebo - is just as beneficial as real acupuncture for treating nausea in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet and Linkoping University in Sweden. ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Women with breast cancer find relief for hot flashes with non-hormonal treatments
Many women enduring hot flashes experience the heat, sweat and reddened upper body as an uncomfortable inconvenience. However, hot flashes can greatly diminish a woman’s quality of life, disrupting sleep at night or causing ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Antidepressants aid electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression
Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, according to a new study by researchers at ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 06, 2009 |
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