by Tess Lawson | Aug 20, 2014 | ADHD, ADHD, Autism, Alzheimers & Addiction Issues, Autism, Stress, Youth and Anxiety
However, the same study, led by the University of Exeter Medical School, suggests that autism diagnosis is still rising. The study is published online in the Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, published by Springer, and was supported by the NIHR Collaboration...
by Tess Lawson | Aug 18, 2014 | Stress, Youth and Anxiety
July 25, 2013 — Children’s sleep disruption is worse with increased time spent watching TV or playing on the computer, finds research in Biomed Central’s open access journal BMC Public Health. The greater the e-media use was at the start of the study, the...
by Tess Lawson | Aug 16, 2014 | Anxiety & Insomnia: Learn to Fall Asleep Easily!, Stress, Youth and Anxiety
While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder. The research team — led by Salome Kurth, a...
by Tess Lawson | Aug 16, 2014 | Anxiety & Insomnia: Learn to Fall Asleep Easily!, Brain Injuries, Stress, Youth and Anxiety
Sleep boosts production of brain support cells Sleep increases the reproduction of the cells that go on to form the insulating material on nerve cell projections in the brain and spinal cord known as myelin, according to an animal study. The findings could one day...
by Tess Lawson | Aug 6, 2014 | ADHD, Autism, Alzheimers & Addiction Issues, Stress, Youth and Anxiety
Regular marijuana use in adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair brain function and cognition, and may increase the risk of developing serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland...
by Tess Lawson | Aug 5, 2014 | ADHD, Autism, Alzheimers & Addiction Issues, Alzheimers & Addiction Issues, Anxiety & Insomnia: Learn to Fall Asleep Easily!, Brain Injuries, Depression, Stress, Youth and Anxiety
The results of the study led by Bridie Scott-Parker, from QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety — Queensland (CARRS-Q), have been published in the international journal Injury...
