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Category: Stress

Posted on August 17, 2019

NII unravels how diet restriction delays ageing, increases lifespan

A NII-led team has unravelled how C. elegans exposed to early-life, moderate stress in the form of dietary restriction are able to better handle chronic stress that comes with ageing…

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Posted on May 17, 2019May 18, 2019

Cow dung makes cows susceptible to diseases and infection, leading to stress

Old, non-lactating cows housed in traditional cow shelters tend to have higher stress when among other factors there is cow dung in places where the cows lie down and there…

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Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Human disturbances stress Indian tigers, may reduce fertility

CCMB researchers in collaboration with a Russian team have found that Bengal tigers in three India tiger reserves are 20% more stressed. The stress is caused due to higher anthropogenic…

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Posted on January 6, 2018January 6, 2018

IICB team deciphers the molecular mechanism of stress-induced gastric ulcer

Researchers at Kolkata’s IICB have for the first time identified the molecular mechanism by which acute mental stress affects the stomach causing gastric ulcer or stress-related mucosal disease. Since acute mental…

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Posted on June 3, 2017June 3, 2017

Improving access to mental health services in remote areas

While about 10% of the population in India suffers from common mental disorders, only about 15-25% of this receives mental health care. But a small-scale study carried out on approximately…

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Posted on January 24, 2017January 25, 2017

Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening

In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t…

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Posted on November 6, 2016November 7, 2016

NCBS researchers find a biomarker for stress-induced memory loss

Timely intervention to prevent or delay hippocampus-linked memory loss that occurs as a result of chronic stress may now be possible, thanks to the discovery of a biomarker — a…

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Posted on January 17, 2016June 28, 2016

Cardiovascular risk factors low but mortality high in India

People living in low-income countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have the lowest risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) compared with those living in high-income countries like Canada, Sweden…

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