How Your Imagination Can Help You Overcome Your Fears
: In your imagination, you can do anything. Riding a dragon? Piece of cake. Imagination is what fuels creativity and allows us to come up with innovative solutions. New research assessing brain scans shows that our imagination can also help us get rid of our anxieties and fears.
Date Posted: January 16, 2019
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Adults with ADHD and the Sleep Problems They Face
It’s widely acknowledged that experts are working hard to explore further the ties between ADHD and sleep, but until then, people living with the condition are looking to discover useful tips and information that they can use to reduce both long and short-term effects of sleep loss due to their ADHD.
Date Posted: January 16, 2019
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Repeatedly watching a video of themselves touching a filthy bedpan reduced people’s OCD symptoms
Some people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are fearful of touching something they perceived as "contaminated". The conventional treatment can be costly and help only about 60 per cent of people with OCD. However, this study aims to find the effectiveness of treating OCD by using video intervention via a phone app.
Date Posted: January 15, 2019
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What is Addiction, Anyway?
Stigma, myth, and controversy continue to surround the concept of addiction; what it is, who ends up addicted, and what causes it. The focus here is to reduce stigma, dispel myths and hopefully clarify some controversy through focusing on the definition of addiction and offering three key strategies for recovery.
Date Posted: January 14, 2019
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How Do Our Emotions Affect Our Immune Response?
Many research has been conducted detailing the negative impact of chronic exposure to stress, anxiety and negative moods on physical health. New research uncovers fresh evidence to suggest that frequent exposure to negative emotions have an important impact on the functioning of the immune system.
Date Posted: January 12, 2019
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This is What It’s Like to Have the World’s Most Deadly Eating Disorder
What happens when you combine a chronic illness like Type I diabetes mellitus with an eating disorder? You get what is currently known as the world’s most deadly eating disorder, diabulimia. In Singapore, 1 in 3 individuals have a lifetime risk of developing diabetes and current statistics reveal that 5-10% of Singaporean suffer from type 1 diabetes. With the projected increase of one million individuals said to suffer from diabetes by 2050, there is a need to raise awareness of this deadly eating disorder.
Date Posted: January 12, 2019
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HOW TO EASE THOSE CHRISTMAS BLUES…
Christmas is a time for family gatherings, pine trees with shiny decorations, tasty food, and the joys of giving. Why then can this period of the year trigger so many negative ...
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