Stress

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Posted on 2012-01-09 06:00:01 in Alternative Medicine | Stress |
Acupuncture Reduces Stress Marker

Acupuncture significantly reduces levels of neuropeptide Y, a marker of chronic stress, in a lab animal model.

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Posted on 2011-11-09 06:00:00 in Longevity | Men's Health | Stress |

Men who experience persistently moderate or high levels of stressful life events over a number of years have a 50% higher mortality rate.

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Posted on 2011-09-16 06:00:00 in Stress |

The number of visits to healthcare professionals is up to 26% for workers in high stress jobs.

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Posted on 2011-07-13 06:00:00 in Lifestyle | Men's Health | Stress |

Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders.

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Posted on 2011-06-15 06:00:00 in Alzheimer's Disease | Stress |

Max Planck Institute (Germany) researchers report that stress hormones lead to Alzheimer-like protein modifications, in a lab animal model.

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Posted on 2011-04-27 06:00:00 in Aging | Brain and Mental Performance | Stress |

Scottish team finds that elevated levels of cortisol, a hormone associated with the stress response, causes receptors in the brain to become impaired.

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Posted on 2011-04-25 06:00:00 in Death and Dying | Men's Health | Stress |

McGill University (Canada) researchers find that unemployment may increase the risk of premature death by 63%.

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Posted on 2011-04-21 06:00:00 in Exercise | Genetics | Immune System | Stress |
Exercise May Protect Telomeres

Telomeres, protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age, may be protected from premature shortening by regular physical activity.

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Posted on 2011-04-11 06:00:00 in Speech & Language | Stress | Weight and Obesity |
Adequate Sleep and Stress Reduction Facilitate Healthy Weight

Kaiser Permanente (US) team finds that people trying to lose at least 10 pounds were more likely to reach that goal if they had lower stress levels and slept between 6 and 8 hours nightly.

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Posted on 2011-03-16 06:00:00 in Blood Pressure | Cardio-Vascular | Sleep | Stress |
Daytime Nap Alleviates Adverse Effects of Stress

An hour-long daytime nap may facilitate cardiovascular recovery after mentally taxing activities.

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Good Habits Lead to Good Health
In that a number of studies link unhealthy behaviors to accelerated declines in thinking and memory skills, these also can readily be remedied. Researchers from the Hopital Paul Brousse (France) studied 5,123 men and women civil service office workers in London enrolled in the Whitehall II study. Subjects were surveyed for health behaviors (smoking, dietary habits, daily activity) at 44 years of age, 56 years, and 61 years...