News tagged with life stress


Child maltreatment increases risk of adult obesity

Children who have suffered maltreatment are 36% more likely to be obese in adulthood compared to non-maltreated children, according to a new study by King's College London. The authors estimate that the prevention or effective ...

Overweight and Obesity created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with type 2 diabetes

The presence of posttraumatic stress disorder is significantly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. This is the finding of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University Hospital Gießen ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk factor for depression can be 'contagious'

A new study with college roommates shows that a particular style of thinking that makes people vulnerable to depression can actually "rub off" on others, increasing their symptoms of depression six months later.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The age of stress: Science and the search for stability

Today, many people consider stress to be part of life, yet most of us have little understanding of what the concept means or where it comes from. In his new book The Age of Stress, University of Exeter historian Professor Mark J ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How news about violence affects kids

Grim images of gun incidents spanning from Newtown, Conn., to Los Angeles have filled news reports of late, presenting a challenge for parents whose children are exposed to these events through the media—whether by television, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shines light on how stress circuits learn

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including ...

Neuroscience created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stressful life events may increase stillbirth risk, study finds

Pregnant women who experienced financial, emotional, or other personal stress in the year before their delivery had an increased chance of having a stillbirth, say researchers who conducted a National Institutes of Health ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research provides clues to alcohol addiction vulnerability

(Medical Xpress)—A Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center team studying alcohol addiction has new research that might shed light on why some drinkers are more susceptible to addiction than others.

Addiction created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arguments in the home linked with babies' brain functioning

Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Symptom-specific quality of life up in repeat sling procedure

(HealthDay)—Women undergoing repeat midurethral sling procedure have a significantly increased risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) failure, but experience greater improvement in urinary symptom-specific ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early life stress may take early toll on heart function

Early life stress like that experienced by ill newborns appears to take an early toll of the heart, affecting its ability to relax and refill with oxygen-rich blood, researchers report.

Cardiology created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stressed out? Tips for taking control

While part of everyday life, stress seems to intensify around the holidays and into the new year.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer screening unlikely to benefit patients with a short life expectancy

Breast and colorectal cancer screening should be targeted towards patients with a life expectancy greater than 10 years: for any shorter life expectancy the harms are likely to outweigh the benefits, concludes a study published ...

Cancer created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer patients may not be getting adequate care for debilitating fatigue, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Many people who have been through cancer and its treatment have trouble with their recovery because of severe, debilitating fatigue that can last for months or even years. But even though a variety of treatments ...

Cancer created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study unmasks regulator of healthy life span

A new series of studies in mouse models by Mayo Clinic researchers uncovered that the aging process is characterized by high rates of whole-chromosome losses and gains in various organs, including heart, muscle, kidney and ...

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast