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This Guest Blog Post is from Rishi Menon, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: With today’s scientific and medical advancement, populations across the globe are steadily becoming less wary of airborne disease. After all, chances are you’ve already gotten the vaccine to fight it. While most are aware that different strains have varying levels […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Amy Trang, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Many of us have heard that laughter is the best medicine. Fortunately, this is no joke! This research from the Mayo Clinic reveals that laughing can help relieve stress leading to both short-term and long-term benefits. Not only does it alleviate mental […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Jacqueline Ip, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Do you believe sugar can heal your wounds? Professor Murandu from University of Wolverhampton recently tested sugar therapy with three types of sugar to see the effect on bacterial growth. Participants in his study had different wound types, such as […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Jessica Xi, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: We know that placebos can help reduce pain, but it’s still not entirely understood how this works. This recent article, describes an attempt to use fMRI scans to explain how the placebo effect functions. Researchers noticed that some areas of […]
Danni Ji, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students, guest blogs again!: In this recent study, researchers tested children to see how stressed they would get by delivering a speech or performing a mathematics task. They measured stress through salivary cortisol before and after the task. After the task, the children participated in an eating […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Julie Nam, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Adjusting to an illness is not easy, especially if that illness is cancer. Ms. Kyle Potvin, a breast cancer patient, uses an effective technique, writing about her illness, but takes it up a notch, by creatively expressing her cancer through […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Sharon Lai, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Some believe that taking vitamins and other supplements could prevent autism. While this new research cannot not prove this theory, it does suggest that taking supplements could reduce the risk of your child getting autism. Study results suggest that taking supplements […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Valeriya Komova, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Many of us don’t realize how stress impacts everyday life; however, the American Medical Association classified stress as being the cause of more than 60% of all human illness and disease. All stress, big and small, affects our bodies. It […]
Danni Ji, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students, guest blogs again!: It may not be the most stylish fashion statement, but past research has found that using surgical masks by flu patients reduced the impact of large droplet spray (coughing, sneezing). And now a recent study by Dr. Milton and his research team found that […]
This Guest Blog Post is from Danni Ji, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: This recent study found that good moods help older adults to improve their decision making and working memory. Subjects were either given candy and thank you card or no reward before testing, to boost their moods. They then attempted to learn […]
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