Featured Topics: Brain Health
Behavior Modification Improves Sleep and Symptoms in ADHD Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study offers a brief, tailored behavioral sleep intervention for children with ADHD and sleep problems that not only improves sleep but also the severity of ADHD symptoms, behavior, daily functioning, quality of life, and working...
The Stress-Reducing Effect of Matcha Green Tea in both Animal and Human Studies
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Matcha tea, with a CE/TA ratio of 2 or less was shown to significantly modify the stress response in a mice model of psychological stress as well as in stressed pharmacy students who consumed baked cookies with added matcha. Matcha, a...
Screen Time Linked to Lower Psychological Health in Children and Adolescents
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Study finds that associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being were larger among adolescents than younger children. Excessive screen time and its association with obesity and lack of exercise has been well established...
Lutein and Zeaxanthin Improve Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. One year of nutritional supplementation with 10 mg of lutein and 2 mg of zeaxanthin significantly increased their levels in the central nervous systems of healthy well-nourished college students and improved their...
Petting Dogs and Cats Reduces Cortisol Levels in University Students
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study explores the health benefits of employing animal visitation programs to reduce college student stress, anxiety and depression and concludes that human animal interactions reduce stress as shown by a significant reduction in the...
CoenzymeQ10 as a Prophylactic Treatment for Migraine Headaches
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study demonstrates that CoQ10 supplementation significantly decreased CGRP and TNF-α but had no effects on IL-6 and IL-10 in patients with migraine. Migraine headache, viewed as the 6th most debilitating medical condition in the world...
D-Cycloserine Enhances Social Skills Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. The findings of this study suggest that DCS may be a safe and effective strategy to help youth with ASD to maintain the skills gained during short-term social skills training. For individuals with autism spectrum disorder...
Bullying and Cyberbullying Severity Linked to Adolescent Suicide
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Survey analyses of 2,670 middle and high school students across the United States revealed that students who experienced both bullying at school and cyberbullying were more than 11 times as likely to attempt suicide compared to those who...
Autistic Children Benefit from Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Ten weeks of a therapeutic horse riding group intervention significantly increased social interaction skills with horses which crossed over to positive changes in participants’ interactions with their family pets. Research has shown that a...
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Cognitive Performance in Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Researchers, using chaos theory to analyze the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, found that teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb showed altered neural networks (brain connections)...
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