News tagged with emotional toll


Frozen in time: Clarifying laws on IVF embryo use and destruction

Over the past two decades, the frozen preservation of embryos has become routine practice in IVF. What currently happens to embryos next is controlled by overlapping and complicated rules that confuse and ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Families 'benefit' from living with schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress)—Living with someone with schizophrenia can have a positive impact on their family, according to a preliminary study by QUT.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 03, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Leisure activities cultivate hope, resilience in disaster survivors

(Medical Xpress)—As survivors of Hurricane Sandy are learning, the emotional toll of natural disasters is as profound as their physical devastation. However, a new study of people who survived Japan's deadly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Insomnia takes toll on tinnitus patients

For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CWRU nurse researchers find effort takes its toll on unpaid family caregivers

According to AARP, the annual cost of unpaid elder caregiving – work that falls mainly on the backs of family members – runs about $450 billion.

Health created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0