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Inside our brains, a cashew-shaped structure called the hippocampus stores the sensory and emotional information that makes up memories, whether they are positive or negative. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Now, teach your brain to suppress bad memories

Manipulating memories could become a reality someday: Study.

25 May 2019 6:32 AM

PTSD is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, which may be explained by the high prevalence of obesity. (Photo: ANI)

PTSD treatment can also reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

Decrease in PTSD symptom may lower Type 2 diabetes risk: Study.

23 Aug 2019 5:50 AM

Depression, psychosis and bipolar disorder were also linked to cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. (Photo: ANI)

Mental health disorders more prone in war veterans

Veterans dealing with specific mental health disorders prone to heart attack, stroke.

25 Sept 2019 7:16 AM

Stress causes changes in the sperms genetic material (Photo: AFP)

Study finds stress alters brain and is contagious

Scientists who conducted experiment on rats further add that results could prove true for humans.

13 March 2018 11:13 AM

The ability to sense anothers emotional state is a key part of creating and building social bonds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress can be contagious: study

We readily communicate our stress to others, sometimes without even knowing it.

10 March 2018 12:51 PM

Some veterans suffering from PTSD are so fearful that they rarely leave their homes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds horseback riding may relieve army men's PTSD symptoms

Many combat veterans develop PTSD, an overactive fear memory that triggers disturbing thoughts, feelings and dreams.

5 March 2018 3:17 AM

Some military veterans experience PTSD symptoms for 40 or 50 years, and therapeutic horseback riding is a viable complimentary therapy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Horseback riding may relieve combat vets' PTSD symptoms

A prior recent study of yoga in people suffering from PTSD showed that long-term benefits were seen after continued yoga...

3 March 2018 5:34 AM

Music therapy is a dynamic treatment method for service members recovering from the invisible wounds of war. (Photo: Pixabay)

How music can help heal military personnel

Music therapy is a dynamic treatment method for service members recovering from the invisible wounds of war.

20 March 2018 1:48 PM

The analysis also showed that cancer patients are about three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. (Photo: Pixabay)

Urological cancer patients at five times higher suicide risk

In bladder and prostate cancer, this ratio drops to one suicide for every 7 attempts.

18 March 2018 11:50 AM

While the most common causes are physical issues affecting blood flow, such as heart disease and diabetes, psychological ones including stress and depression. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pointers to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychotherapy approaches addressed the underlying dysfunctions of fear extinction and emotion regulation.

10 May 2018 11:48 AM

The trials, which will cost around $25million, are funded by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) (Photo: Pixabay)

PTSD may be treated using ecstacy, says study

Illegal party drug is given green light for trials in mental-health condition.

28 Aug 2017 12:03 PM

Playing Tetris may help prevent PTSD: study

Study results showed that those who had played Tetris had fewer intrusive memories of the trauma than the controls.

29 March 2017 11:56 AM