The Effects of Exercise on the Mental Health

Anxiety and depression are the most frequently diagnosed psychological diseases showing a high co-morbidity. They have a severe impact on the lives of the persons concerned. The physical, mental and social benefits of exercise have been well-documented.

Release of Endomorphin Hormone and Its Effects on Our Body and Moods: A Review

Endorphin is a hormone and types of endorphins are found in our body. Endorphin is like morphine in structure and effects and has same binding site in the brain cells or receptors

Endorphins, Exercise, and Addictions: A Review of Exercise Dependence

Endorphins are endogenous opioids released from the pituitary gland that are believed to mediate analgesia, induce euphoria, and play a role in the reward system in the brain. It has been suggested that endorphins are responsible for creating the relaxed psychological state known as “runner’s high.”

Sexuality in patients with asthma and COPD

Sexual quality of life was examined in 55 outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, using disease-specific questionnaires. Compared to an ageand sex-matched norm group, male patients with COPD reported a significantly lower sexual quality of life on all dimensions of the questionnaire.

Asthma and Sex

Attacks of asthma can be provoked by a variety of stimuli, including infections, allergens, exercise, and emotional stress. Sexual intercourse as a trigger factor for attacks of asthma and the morbidity caused thereof is not well recognized

A narrative review of interventions for improving sleep and reducing circadia…

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Tools and resources for neuroanatomy education: a systematic review

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Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1775–1832) and his contributions to our understand…

Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (portrait depicted in Fig. 1) was born on December 31, 1775 in the city of Longuich, then under the rule of Prussia, now Germany. There are reports of him being born 1776, and other reports with John as his first name [1, 2].

Functional neuroanatomy of meditation: A review and meta-analysis of 78 funct…

Meditation is a family of mental practices that encompasses a wide array of techniques employing distinctive mental strategies. We systematically reviewed 78 functional neuroimaging (fMRI and PET) studies of meditation, and used activation likelihood estimation to meta-analyze 257 peak foci from 31 experiments involving 527 participants.

Phyllodes tumors with and without fibroadenoma-like areas display distinct ge…

Breast fibroepithelial lesions (fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumors) are underpinned by recurrent MED12 exon 2 mutations, which are more common in fibroadenomas and benign phyllodes tumors. TERT promoter hotspot mutations have been documented in phyllodes tumors, and found to be more frequent in borderline and malignant lesions. Several lines of evidence suggest that a subset of phyllodes tumors…