Obsessive compulsive disorder
OCD is an anxiety disorder, which can cause unwanted thoughts and behaviour that cannot be controlled, which can be worrying and even interfere with the person's life.
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Obstructive sleep apnea
Overview This is a breathing disorder. With it, your breathing becomes irregular when you sleep. Your breaths may become shallow. Your breathing may stop completely for extended periods of time.
Menopause
Summary This natural biological process brings a permanent end to fertility. Menopause is the time when the ovaries stop producing hormones at the levels necessary to allow sexual reproduction. It
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The brain of the pregnant woman
The traditional biomedical conception of pregnancy examines the mother-child exchange in a unidirectional sense, from mother to child. Biological changes that medicine records go in the aforementioned direction: increased iron
Anxiety: causes, symptoms and treatment
Anxiety or, more precisely, “generalized anxiety disorder” as stated in the “Statistical Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, is a psychiatric disorder characterized by: intense and persistent worry and anxiety not
Parkinson’s disease: Symptoms, causes and treatment
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive disease; it was first described by James Parkinson in 1817. After dementias, it is the most common neurodegenerative disease. EPIDEMIOLOGY The condition is equally
VIDEOGAME DEPENDENCE: as of today it is officially a disease
How many of you in the past have found yourself spending entire afternoons in front of a screen and holding a controller? Certainly more than you can imagine. Video games,
Emotions set teenage brains in motion
It is not difficult to think that a particularly strong emotional state can cause increased brain activity, especially in adolescents. The finding is interesting especially when compared to other mechanisms
SOCIETY: What if reading could curb excessive jealousy?
We live in a world where jealousy seems to be the trigger for so-called feminicide: in Italy, a woman is killed every two days. As the media reports after the
DEPRESSION: the end of the supremacy of drugs
From the myth of happy pills to integrated care “Like most people I thought antidepressants worked”-so begins the book by Irving Kirsch, professor of psychology at Harvard and Plymouth, now
No more alibis for excluding books and culture from daily life
Traveling by train, instead of compulsively devoting ourselves only to our cell phones, we can also do other things, just as we did in the pre-telephone era. Even writing a
A sedentary lifestyle negatively affects memory
Sedentary Lifestyle: It is known that an excessively sedentary lifestyle is strongly detrimental to the health and well-being of our bodies. Spending too many hours a day sitting in a
Stress: 40% of Italian workers would like to change jobs
According to WorkForce Europe 2018 research conducted by the company Adp, 40 percent of workers are stressed and would like to change jobs or leave them, due to an inability
Depression in Italy: women and the unemployed most at risk
According to a study by Istat, depression is the most prevalent mental disorder in Italy, where it affects 2.8 million people. The disease is increasingly on the rise, especially among
Postpartum depression: possibly linked to an inflammatory state
Birth is always a serene and joyful event. In some cases, however, it can generate in the new mother a series of worries, negative thoughts and feelings of inadequacy that,
The brains of abandoned children
Alterations in key nerve circuits, but with family foster care, recovery is possible A research team from Harvard Medical School‘s Boston Children’s Hospital has documented, in JAMA Pediatrics, the alterations
Going to school an hour later to learn more
Do sleepers catch no fish? Perhaps, but he can get better grades in school for the same amount of effort and hours spent on books during the day. Reporting this
Depression, an algorithm can diagnose it by analyzing Facebook posts
There are many articles and essays suggesting connections between social media use patterns and various forms of mental illness, but today it appears that these same sites can be used
Depression and infertility often associated, but drugs are not to blame
Problems of couple infertility and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety are increasingly prevalent globally, among both men and women, and, often, are found in association. That the former
Depression and schizophrenia can also be treated with physical activity
European Psychiatric Association (EAP) recommendations for harnessing the benefits of regular movement in the treatment of major depression and schizophrenia, in addition to medication and psychotherapy. Physical activity, especially of
Good oral hygiene could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease
According to surprising research published in the journal Science Advances, there is a significant link between the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis-the leading cause of periodontal disease-and Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, a
What it means to dream: curiosity and dream interpretation
Whether it is a premonitory, revelatory dream or a nightmare, dream interpretation and the dream world have always fascinated people of all times, especially the most distinguished figures in the
Some drugs used in Parkinson’s disease stimulate creativity
In individuals with Parkinson’s disease, the use of dopaminergic drugs that can stimulate receptors for dopamine, a deficient neurotransmitter in this disease, can result in side effects characterized by poor
Is it possible to stop the progressive worsening of Parkinson’s disease?
The Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system, first described in 1817 by an English physician, James Parkinson. It is characterized by three main symptoms: slowness
Could mushroom consumption be effective against cognitive decline?
Despite the large number of scientific studies conducted on cognitive decline, which is generally age-related but can also begin even before age 65 and dramatically result in irreversible diseases such
Alzheimer’s, a protein in the blood detects nerve cell degeneration
A new study, recently published in JAMA Neurology, indicates that a simple blood test can reveal whether nerve cells in the brain are deteriorating at an abnormal rate. Researchers analyzed
Physical and cognitive activity protect women’s brains
Any physical and cognitiveactivity performed by women around age 40-55 can protect intellectual function in later life years, reducing the risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia of various types
