Stress Substantially Slows Human Body's Ability to Heal
The stress a typical married couple feels during an ordinary half hour argument is enough to slow their bodies' ability to heal from wounds by at least one day.
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How Cells Return To Normal After Responding To Stress
The research explores the role played by the protein CHIP in the cell's response to stress.
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Breathe Deeply to Manage Stress
Practice breathing deeply to reduce stress, anxiety, conserve energy, improve sleep, improve concentration and relieve muscle tension.
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Stress Isn't All Bad
Momentary (acute) stress may actually boost your immune system, promote longevity and help you meet life's challenges.
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Acute Stress Boosts Flu Shot Response in Women
The finding supports the idea that while chronic stress seems to suppress immune function acute stress may enhance it.
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Ten Ways to Manage Stress Day by Day
Signs and symptoms such as headache, gut discomfort, tense muscles and fidgety sleep may be early indicators of too much stress.
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Americans Engage in Unhealthy Behaviors To Manage Stress
New survey findings show gender differences connections between stress and unhealthy choices affect mind/body health.
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Stress Is Killing America's Young Women
Alarming report shows that stress is driving girls to drugs, alcohol, and into states of depression.
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Americans Coping with Stress and Anxiety Find Relief with Exercise
Exercise, particularly aerobic exercise, has consistently been shown to be effective in helping individuals manage stress.
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SSRI Drugs Ease Depression in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, medications used to treat depression, are effective in reducing post traumatic stress disorder symptoms.
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Family Crucial To Beating The Stress of Moving Abroad
The experience of family plays a large role in mitigating work stress both domestically and abroad.
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Marital Stress Linked with Slower Wound Healing
Marital stress is a risk factor for mental and physical health. Married couples who had higher levels of hostile behaviors had slower healing times.
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Brain's Response To Fear and Stress Influenced By Number of Serotonin Receptors
How we respond to stressful situations could be due in part to dominance of one cell surface marker over another in the brain.
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Cell Phone Radiation Doesn't Cause Cellular Stress, Doesn't Promote Cancer
The electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones doesn't stress human cells.
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Heat Stress: A Long, Hot Summer
Heat stress injury is related to excessive water loss. About 400 people die annually from heat stress injuries.
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Stress May Increase Long Term Success of Vaccinations
The researchers are working on ways to harness the seemingly beneficial effects of acute stress.
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Performing Under Stress
Once you have a healthy body, stress management techniques really start to work well.
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Stress Management Immediately Cost Effective for Heart Disease
The benefits of stress management seem to exceed those of both exercise and usual heart care.
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Activating Brain's "Safety Circuit" Can Buffer Against Stress
Researchers have recently discovered a "safety circuit" in the brain which, when activated, helps buffer against stressful and anxiety provoking events.
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Combat Stress by Creating Your Own Oasis
Stress and anxiety can prematurely age our mind and body. If not dealt with effectively, chronic stress and worrying can place undue strain upon our cardiovascular and immune systems.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Nightmare After The Ordeal
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterized by avoidance, hypervigilance, emotional difficulties, and recall behavior such as flashbacks and nightmares after a traumatic event.
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Holistic Stress Management
There is good stress and bad stress. Even good stress can be difficult to deal with when one's resources are limited due to chronic illness.
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Mix of Chemicals Plus Stress Damages Brain, Liver in Animals and Likely in Humans
Stress is a well known culprit in disease, but now researchers have shown that stress can intensify the effects of relatively safe chemicals.
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New Insight Into Effects Of Daily Stresses On Heart Health
the cumulative effect of the daily mental and emotional stresses of life reduces the heart's ability to respond appropriately to the outside world. This insight could help explain the mechanism behind the known links between mental stress and heart disease.
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Job Stress and Health
Stress sets off an alarm in the brain, which responds by preparing the body for defensive action. Short-lived or infrequent episodes of stress pose little risk.
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Psychosocial and Stress Management as Options for Treating Depression
Learning ways to deal more effectively with these stresses may alleviate depression. The first step is to identify the main sources of stress in your life.
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Relax and Rejuvenate: 10 Ways to Reduce Stress and Strengthen Your Immune System
Stress can weaken the immune system and accelerate the aging process. The ability to relax and rejuvenate promotes wellness, vitality and longevity.
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Helping Soldiers Cope with Combat Stress
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms can include difficulty sleeping, nightmares, concentration problems and feeling overwhelmed in situations that weren't previously overwhelming. Flashbacks to combat experiences are another common symptom.
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Beating Holiday Burnout
The holiday season can be the most stressful time of the year, due to unrealistic expectations, frenzied schedules and financial pressure. Holiday burnout is the common term for the heightened level of seasonal stress that often sets in at this time of year.
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Fighting Burn-out: Natural Help For Stress, Fatigue and Adrenal Insufficiency
Our bodies, automatically respond the same way when we are under physical, emotional or mental stress. Many of us live in a state of constant stress that strains our bodies to the point of exhaustion.
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Coping with Wartime Stress
While it is normal to feel stressed in times of conflict, allowing stress to go unchecked can undermine your health and well being. Here are some ways you can help yourself and your family cope with the challenges of wartime.
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7 Healthy Ways To Release Holiday Stress
Seven healthy ways to release the holiday stress from your body so that it doesn't cause health problems and opens more joy to the time. Singing in the shower is a healthy release of stress, in tune or not.
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Plan to Manage Holiday Stress
One way to take the stress out of the holidays is to plan for them. These simple steps can help the ADD adult manage their time and tasks during the holiday season, thereby relieving unnecessary stress. Create one hour this week to plan your holiday preparation schedule for stress management.
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5 Ways To Reduce Holiday Stress
Are those bells ringing in your ears a sign of holiday cheer or a sign of too much stress? Don't let this Holiday Season slip by in a blur of over scheduling. Commit to making changes, one step at a time and you'll discover the gift of a more enjoyable year-end celebration.
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How to Cope with Holiday Stress.
Unrealistic expectations can lead to pre holiday stress. Regular exercise will help keep stress levels down.
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Holiday Stress Linked to More Serious Conditions
Holiday season can also be a period of great stress. The holidays are a stress roller coaster.
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Relieving Stress with Exercise and Losing Body Fat in the Process
Feeling stressed out lately? Research has proven that relieving stress with exercise is one of the best ways to improve your overall health. Relieving stress with exercise also burns calories and helps to reduce body fat.
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Stress Getting You Down? Perk Up with a Good Night's Sleep
Stress. We've all felt it at one time or another and we know it's not healthy. How we handle that stress differs from person to person. Some of us try with aromatherapy or at-home spa treatments, and others cook healthy meals or start an exercise program... all in pursuit of a balanced, healthy lifestyle with lower stress.
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High Stress Warning Signs
Military leaders are taught the symptoms of acute stress so they can treat the symptoms and keep soldiers on the front line. The loss to stress has been one soldier for every ten wounded by the enemy.
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4 Obvious Reasons To Simplify
Are you someone who thinks about, maybe even wistfully dreams about, a simpler, less stressful, more meaningful life, but associate simplifying with giving away everything you own, and going back to baking your own bread?
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