News tagged with chronic stress

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Why some stress is good for you? Acute stress primes the brain to do better on memory tasks two weeks later

(Medical Xpress)—Overworked and stressed out? Look on the bright side. Some stress is good for you.

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists explain how ketamine vanquishes depression within hours

(Medical Xpress)—Many chronically depressed and treatment-resistant patients experience immediate relief from symptoms after taking small amounts of the drug ketamine. For a decade, scientists have been ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (40) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

What does chronic stress in adolescence mean at the molecular level?

Chronic stress has a more powerful effect on the brain during adolescence than in adulthood and now there's proof at the molecular level, according to findings published in Neuron by University at Buffalo researchers.

Neuroscience created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

At last, a reason why stress causes DNA damage

For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage.

Medical research created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover mechanism by which chronic stress causes brain disease

Chronic stress has long been linked with neurodegeneration. Scientists at USC now think they may know why.

Neuroscience created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Men's and women's immune systems respond differently to PTSD

Men and women had starkly different immune system responses to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, with men showing no response and women showing a strong response, in two studies by researchers at the San Francisco VA ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress

It's no secret that stress increases your susceptibility to health problems, and it also impacts your ability to solve problems and be creative. But methods to prevent associated risks and effects have been less clear – ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Loneliness, like chronic stress, taxes the immune system

New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 19, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation

People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma—in which psychological stress plays a major role—may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, ...

Immunology created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Abuse during childhood linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women

According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women whose ...

Health created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Impaired blood vessel function found in cystic fibrosis patients

The first evidence of blood vessel dysfunction has been found in a small cohort of generally healthy young people with cystic fibrosis, researchers report.

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Meditation expertise changes experience of pain

(Medical Xpress)—Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW–Madison neuroscientists.

Neuroscience created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reactions to everyday stressors predict future health

(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems—it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to researchers at ...

Health created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chronic stress during pregnancy prevents brain benefits of motherhood, study shows

A new study in animals shows that chronic stress during pregnancy prevents brain benefits of motherhood, a finding that researchers suggest could increase understanding of postpartum depression.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 14, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify potential treatment for cognitive effects of stress-related disorders

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a potential medical treatment for the cognitive effects of stress-related disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study, conducted ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast