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TopicAnxiety

Topic: Anxiety

Why do we sweat when we are nervous?

The amount a person sweats varies from one person to another and is determined by a huge number of variables, including the number of sweat glands, the amount of adrenaline produced, and their emotional state.

In breakthrough study, TIFR team uses psychedelic to identify neurons that modulate anxiety

Published in Neuron journal, the study led by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research also demonstrates the potential to reduce anxiety without the use of psychedelic drug.

US govt to pay $138.7 mn to sexual abuse survivors of Larry Nassar as FBI failed to act on time

US national team gymnasts had complained about the physician to FBI's Indianapolis field office first in 2015. Years later, senior officers admitted they did not act on time.

Art and technology together can help tackle urban mental health. VR, murals, digital arts

Public art such as murals can empower people and combat feelings of anxiety in cities.

SubscriberWrites: Schools used to be the foundation for youngsters tackling adulthood. Now, social media has disrupted life

If two of our friends went out after school, without telling the others, we didn’t really mind. There was too many other things to think about, writes Sangita S.

Immune systems of pregnant women differ based on whether they have anxiety, finds US study

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Columbia University say this is '1st clear evidence that immune activity differs for pregnant women depending on anxiety status'.

Math can help you bake, ask for a raise, plan your trek

Many of us suffer from a real phobia – of numbers, calculations, and even the word 'maths'. But there are ways the subject can help make good decisions.

Anxiety is causing erection problems in young men but Viagra isn’t the solution

Young people think they should always be ready to have sex at the drop of the hat. Failing at that, they try to fix it using “solutions” that really only mask their problem.

How early anxiety detection can put a stop to long-term mental health issues

Anxiety disorders are most likely to first show up during elementary school years—in children as young as 8.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.