Health
Take your dog to workâand reap the health benefits
It's impossible for anyone to pet a dog, or even just share a story about one, without breaking into a smile.
Jun 21, 2018
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News tagged with hormone cortisol
Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk of burnout can be estimated by analysing saliva samples
According to calculations from the World Health Organisation, depression occupies first place in the global "disease burden" and, by 2030, experts estimate that there will be three mental illnesses in the Top 5: depression, ...
Jun 15, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Female genital mutilation increases risk of developing mental illness and changes the body's reactions to stress
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been officially recognised as a human rights violation by the United Nations since 1992. Still, efforts to prevent the mutilation of newborns and young girls often meet with little success. ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Cardiology
Job strain linked to increased risk of premature death for men with cardiometabolic disease
Having a demanding job and little control over it is associated with an increased risk of premature death in men with coronary heart disease, stroke, or diabetes, according to an observational study tracking more than 100000 ...
Jun 6, 2018
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Health
Living in better neighborhood may protect health of kids in poverty
While poverty has long been linked with poor health, a study from UC San Francisco has found that simply living in a more desirable neighborhood may act as a health booster for low-income children.
May 8, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress hormones spike as the temperature rises
A new study in medical students finds that summer, not winter, is the season when people are most likely to have higher levels of circulating stress hormones. These non-intuitive findings contradict traditional concepts of ...
Apr 25, 2018
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Health
Hormone imbalance may explain higher diabetes rates in sleep-deprived men
Studies have found an association between insufficient sleep and the development of insulin resistance, one of the factors that cause type 2 diabetes, and now researchers have discovered a biological reason for this relationship, ...
Mar 18, 2018
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Health
The myth behind adrenal fatigue
Do you feel extremely tired, have body aches or experience sleep disturbances? A simple internet search of these symptoms might bring up a condition called adrenal fatigue. However, Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Ruchi ...
Mar 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Want to help your partner stress less? Listen from the heart
When we feel supported, we feel less stress. But sometimes we think we are being supportive of a romantic partner and we're not. Who hasn't experienced the self-satisfaction of feeling like we're 'helping' only to find we've ...
Feb 7, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Common birth control shot linked to risk of HIV infection
Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in the ...
Jan 4, 2018
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