Science news articles about 'anxiety increases'

Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted ... that the consumption of sleeping pills or anxiety-relieving medications was associated with a 36% increase in the risk of death ...

... Pain Society, found that individuals with high levels of anxiety due to chronic pain exhibit more emotional ...

... a series of new toys reduced anxiety behaviors and increased their levels of FGF2. Furthermore, they found that FGF2 ... that part of FGF2's role in reducing anxiety may be due to its ability to increase the survival of new cells ...

... explored. Exposure to environments known to generate anxiety increased this synchronization. Specifically, brain activity ... in mice. Interestingly, mice genetically engineered to exhibit increased anxiety exhibited larger theta ...

... in Sydney, Australia. "Some bereaved, especially those already at increased cardiovascular risk, might benefit from medical ... of the heart's rhythmic regularity) and increases in clinical depression and anxiety. "Increased heart rate and reduced ...

... activity in the brain circuitry that generates anxiety or increases anxiety levels. Many of these drugs are not very effective ... circuit would have been swamped by the anxiety-increasing effects of the dominant surrounding circuitry. In December 2010 ...

... X syndrome tend to have a hyperexcitable nervous system, which can be displayed in several ways: hyperactivity, anxiety, increased sensory sensitivity, and epileptic seizures ...

When non-religious people think about their own death they become more consciously skeptical about religion, but unconsciously grow more receptive to religious belief, new research suggests.

Worrywarts, fidgety folk and the naturally nervy may have a real cause for concern: accelerated cancer. In a new study, anxiety-prone mice developed more severe cancer then their calm counterparts.