Archive for the ‘Anxiety / Stress’ Category
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
UK researchers discovered that antisocial behaviour may have a biological basis rooted in the inability of some male adolescents to have normal stress responses that help regulate circulating levels of the stress hormone cortisol causing them to behave less cautiously and with more anger and impulsiveness at times of stress.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Somewhere between the tanking economy, the 150 daily emails coming into your Blackberry and the cut-throat working environment, it's nearly impossible to stay calm. Todd Oretsky, a recovering Wall Street attorney, knows more than his fair share of how a stressful work situation can wreak havoc on your health and personal life.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, increased levels of destructive stress hormones, heart problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide, University at Buffalo researchers have found through a decade of studies of police officers.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
During tough financial times, many people try to demonstrate their value at work by working harder and longer. But, if you don't also make time to take care of yourself, success may come at a hefty cost: your health. "Many people feel like they have to push themselves to unhealthy levels in order to succeed.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Everyone gets stressed, even babies. Now, it appears how infants respond to stress is linked to if they have a particular form of a certain gene, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stress is unavoidable. What's critical is knowing when one is moving from good stress to bad stress -- and leaders often are not aware of the difference, according to research from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL(R)), a top-ranked, global leadership education and research organization.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Mangled bodies, gunfire, high-speed chases and injured children are just a few events witnessed by police officers and soldiers serving in dangerous hot spots around the world. The city of Cleveland's Division of Police has partnered with Case Western Reserve University, the Partnership for a Safer Cleveland and the U.S.
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
First, he discovered a gene that controls innate fear in animals. Now Rutgers geneticist Gleb Shumyatsky has shown that the same gene promotes "helicopter mom" behavior in mice. The gene, known as stathmin or oncoprotein 18, motivates female animals to protect newborn pups and interact cautiously with unknown peers.
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Racism, discrimination and the threat of deportation mean young asylum seekers and refugees in the UK are suffering from stress and mental ill health. Now psychiatrists, who have analysed the post-migration stresses facing young asylum seekers in Glasgow, believe changes in immigration policy would help improve the quality of their lives.
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Can scientists predict who will develop anxiety disorders years in advance? UCLA psychology professor Michelle Craske thinks so. She is four years into an eight-year study evaluating 650 students, who were 16 when the study began, to identify risk factors for the development of anxiety and depression - the most comprehensive study of its kind.
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