Showing posts with label psychological. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychological. Show all posts

Friday, June 11, 2010

Psychological factors and immune function in

Denmark psychologists believe that psychological factors on the human immune system to produce a significant impact. He observed 374 men and women of the state. They have stable jobs, and no chronic diseases. Psychologist's conclusion: among them those suffering from mistakes, cheerful, easy-going man, feeling optimistic and caring people around who, influenza, pharyngitis, colds and other illnesses not to go around from its side, is soon recover without complications and recurrence. Instead of the following behavior and personality characteristics, such as, opinionated, self-pity, and around their negative attitude and pessimistic paranoid, petty, vengeful, lack of confidence, nervous, then weakened to a large extent rabbit immune system function, while reducing the resistance to seasonal disease.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Study: patients with damage to memory pressure


According to "Traditional Chinese Medicine reported that" reports, the United Kingdom, a new study shows that people with type Ⅱ diabetes on the elderly, the pressure may be detrimental to their memory and other cognitive abilities.

Ⅱ diabetes, mainly in the population over 40 years. Earlier medical research has found, Ⅱ diabetes is often accompanied by symptoms of memory and other cognitive decline, but has been unable to explain why.

University of Edinburgh researchers have selected nearly 60 ~ 75 years with type Ⅱ diabetes research. They found that in intelligence tests and vocabulary tests showed poor brain function of patients, usually with higher levels of cortisol in vivo. Cortisol is a stress hormone, and its content reflects the physical and psychological pressure on the situation.

Rebecca Reynolds participated in the study, said studies show that high levels of cortisol in the body of diabetic patients more prone to cognitive decline, indicating that cortisol may be by controlling the content of the body to help patients with type Ⅱ improve cognitive abilities.