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Clowns: Are They Really Funny?

Coulrophobia is a term used to describe an intense, abnormal and exaggerated fear of clowns and mimes. This irrational fear of clowns is acquired by the sufferers either after personally going through a bad experience or after watching a sinister portrayal of a clown in the media.

Moderate Exercise May Help Ward Off Memory Decline In Elderly

Moderate Exercise May Help Ward Off Memory Decline In Elderly

A modest stroll down the lane each evening may help ward off severe mental decline in older adults, a new Australian study suggests. Moderate physical activity, such as walking 50 minutes a day, three times a week, improved memory and also reduced the risk of dementia, it confirmed.

Conduct Disorder (CD)

Conduct disorder is one of the most common disorders in children and adolescents in general population. Conduct disorder or CD involves a number of persistent patterns of problematic behaviors, including oppositional and defiant behaviors and antisocial activities including lying, stealing, destruction of property, deceitful, running away, physical violence and sexually coercive behaviors.

Acute Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia in Offspring

Acute Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia in Offspring

Women who undergo acute stress during early stages of pregnancy are more likely to deliver children who develop schizophrenia, a psychotic disorder marked by severely impaired thinking, emotions, and behaviors, a study published Thursday suggests.

Suicidal Thoughts Among College Students Increasing at Alarming Rate

Suicidal Thoughts Among College Students Increasing at Alarming Rate

Most American college students have suicidal thoughts at some point during their lifetime, a new survey from the National Research Consortium of Counseling Centers in Higher Education revealed.

Vital Breakthrough in Fight against Dementia

Vital Breakthrough in Fight against Dementia

Scientists at the University of Nottingham claim to have taken a giant leap in understanding a common type of dementia by artificially reproducing it for the first time. This work will help them to record the commencement of the disease and see the influence of drugs on victims exhibiting the syndromes of the same.

Brain Mapping Can Aid In Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease

Brain Mapping Can Aid In Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease

A latest study led by Dr. Ville Leinonen of the University of Kuopio in Finland has found that an imaging method known as a PETdefine scan may help doctors in detecting “plaques” in the brain. These are an important factor in detecting Alzheimer’s disease.

Fatty Fish Cuts Risk of ‘Silent’ Brain Damage By A Quarter

Fatty Fish Cuts Risk of ‘Silent’ Brain Damage By A Quarter

Regular intake of fatty fish by older adults may help lower their risk of ‘silent’ brain damage that contributes to memory loss and dementia and a higher risk of stroke, a new Finnish study finds.

Alcohol And Dementia

Alcohol dementia - Korsakoff’s syndrome

Consuming alcohol excessively for many years, especially with a diet low in Vitamin B1 (thiamine) leads to alcohol related dementia, which affects memory, learning and other mental functions. Although it is not strictly speaking a dementia, people with the condition experience loss of short term memory and the condition can be prevented by avoiding alcohol abuse.

Mental Stress Affects Human Immune System-Study Finds

Mental Stress Affects Human Immune System-Study Finds

It is widely known that stress can cause a variety of health disorders. Now, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have claimed to have found fresh insights into the mind-body connection.

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Weaning is the gradual replacement of breastfeeding with other foods and ways of nurturing. If done gradually, weaning can be a positive experience for both the mother and the little one.

ABC of Weaning

Weaning is the process of gradually introducing the infant to solid diet and reducing the supply of mother’s milk. A fully weaned infant derives all its nutrition from solid foods and is off breast milk completely.

    ‘Needy’ is one word very commonly associated with babies, all babies need something or the other all the time and most of all, they need you to fulfill those needs.

    Is Yours a High Need Baby?

    But when these needs, specially those of being carried and held all the time, to prevent the tear machine from starting, get more than those of what average babies demonstrate; you have on hands – a high need baby!

      Aromatherapy – More Than Just Good Smell

      Aromatherapy is a form of alternative healing that makes use of volatile plant oils, referred to as essential oils, and other aromatic compounds obtained from plants for the overall physical and psychological well-being of a person.