• Zhiqiao Guest Blogs: Mineral Diet Associated with PMS

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    This Guest Blog Post is from Zhiqiao Dong, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Diet and nutrition are significant factors in the overall function of the body, and dietary supplements of various minerals have become increasingly popular with consumers. This new article on a women’s health study suggests some minerals, including iron and potassium, have…

  • Ji Sun Guest Blogs: Religion’s Influence on Mental Health

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    This Guest Blog Post is from Ji Sun Lee, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: In this study, researchers investigated religious coping behaviors among medically ill hospitalized adults and compared their health to those without religious coping behaviors. There were two types of religious coping behaviors: the negative, which considers God as punishing and forceful,…

  • Connie Guest Blogs: Breaking Myths on Dieting and Obesity

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    This Guest Blog Post is from Connie Liu, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: There have been countless statements made about obesity that society has believed in, when in reality, these “facts” are merely just myths not backed up by reliable medical evidence. One myth, which you may be familiar with, is that eating…

  • Brandon Guest Blogs: Consciously Unconscious

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    This Guest Blog Post is from Brandon Rokos, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students: Waking up midway through the procedure isn’t something most people think about before going under the knife. But for a small group whose senses remain active throughout the surgery, this is the reality. These patients report being able to hear the…

  • Neuropsychiatric Disorders Linked to Stress During Puberty and Prenatal Insult

    Michelle

    This study on mice revealed a relationship between prenatal infection and peripubertal stress, both previously shown in their respective ways to have a significant contribution to psychiatric disorders. Researchers found that mice with the combined environmental factors of both prenatal infection in the form of prenatal immune activation and an exposure to peripubertal stress, eventually exhibited…

  • The DiSH Lab on UCLA Today

    Angela

    In the recent article “Psychology lab ponders why diets don’t work“, UCLA Today covers the DiSH Lab’s main research topics, what we are interested in studying, and where our research is headed right now.

  • Julie Guest Blogs: Manage Your Meal Times

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    Julie Nam, one of Dr. T’s Health Psychology students, guest blogs again!: For those who seek weight loss in order to acquire a healthy weight, the timing of meals seems to impact their progress. Often, when people diet, they focus on the amount of calories they eat rather than on the time of day they…

  • Rishi Guest Blogs: The Threat of Ceaseless Pandemics

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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…

  • Amy Guest Blogs: The best type of medicine…

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    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…

  • Jacqueline Guest Blogs: Just a spoon full of sugar?

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    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…

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