A medium close-up front view of a teenage girl who is sending text messages to a friend and checking her social media as she waits in the corridor of the high school she attends. Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Parents around the world are debating when to give their children smartphones, as evidence grows … Read more
If you suffer from stress and anixety, a doctor is recommending you try drinking a cup of ‘healing’ herbal tea to alliviate your symptoms in just a few days. Dr Eric Berg DC says if you do this, you should notice a different after two weeks. Dr Berg is a chiropractor and specialises in healthy … Read more
Photo: Jaromir Chalabala / Getty LONDON — The evidence linking smartphone use with mental health harms in children is growing and one grassroots organization in the U.K. is supporting parents who are refraining from giving their kids the devices. Smartphone Free Childhood, founded by Daisy Greenwell and Clare Fernyhough in February, set up various group … Read more
Anxiety symptoms vary widely from moodiness to lashing out. Carol Yepes | Moment | Getty Images Slamming doors, throwing tantrums, unexpected crying, and one-sided conversations at the dinner table. If these are common occurrences in your household, you are probably raising a teenager. Teenagers are often perceived as entitled brats with little or no control … Read more
Pixdeluxe | E+ | Getty Images Phobias come in many forms: Some people fear spiders while others fear flying on a plane. But the one thing they all have in common is that they’re irrational, according to one phobia specialist. “A phobia is an irrational response to a benign substance,” Christopher Paul Jones, a London-based … Read more
(NewsNation) — New research from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests high-fat diets may disrupt gut bacteria and fuel anxiety. Researchers divided male adolescent rats into two groups and fed half a standard diet of about 11% fat for nine weeks. The other group at a diet of about 45% fat, comprised mostly of saturated … Read more
There are a number of factors that can influence our mental state and brain power. Some of this can be linked to our circumstances and how stressed or tired we are feeling. However, our diet also plays a huge role in how alert we might be feeling. According to one study, a specific spread found … Read more
CHICAGO (NewsNation) — A recent study from the American College of Cardiology found that stress and depression in young and middle-aged women significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers are unsure why there’s a direct correlation between mental health and cardiovascular disease in women. However, what is evident is that women with chronic anxiety, … Read more
Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs a pilot program involving service dogs. The VA can … Read more
Speaking at an event to launch the new Disney and Pixar film Inside Out 2 – in which he has a cameo role – he said: “I was anxious about my grades all the time. My grades sucked, I failed all of my A-Levels. I felt like I had to apologise to my parents that … Read more
