News tagged with physiological stress


Fish oil may help the heart beat mental stress

Why is fish oil good for the heart? A new study suggests that this omega 3 fatty acid-rich nutrient could blunt some cardiovascular effects of mental stress.

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Skydiving is never plane sailing

Skydivers show the same level of physical stress before every jump whether a first-timer or experienced jumper, say Northumbria researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies key shift in the brain that creates drive to overeat

A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body's tendency to maintain undesirable weight levels, rather than an ideal ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nearly half of veterans found with blast concussions might have hormone deficiencies

Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. New research suggests that nearly half these veterans may have a problem so under-recognized that even military ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reframing stress: Stage fright can be your friend

Fear of public speaking tops death and spiders as the nation's number one phobia. But new research shows that learning to rethink the way we view our shaky hands, pounding heart, and sweaty palms can help ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Navy creates iPad app for managing stress and fending off PTSD

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is co-funding an affordable, hi-tech, solution for managing stress that could help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), helping warfighters and potentially saving ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Hypertension traced to source in brain

(Medical Xpress)—When the heart works too hard, the brain may be to blame, says new Cornell research that is changing how scientists look at high blood pressure (hypertension). The study, published in the ...

Medical research created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures

(HealthDay)—Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy patients who believe this is the case experience a different brain response ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Being bullied can cause trauma symptoms

Problems caused by bullying do not necessarily cease when the abuse stops. Recent research shows that victims may need long-term support.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Childhood abuse leads to poor adult health

The psychological scars of childhood abuse can last well into adulthood. New research from Concordia University shows the harm can have longterm negative physical effects, as well as emotional ones.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Being bullied can cause PTSD in children, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Problems caused by bullying do not necessarily cease when the abuse stops. Recent research at the Universitiy of Stavanger (UiS) and Bergen's Center for Crisis Psychology in Norway shows ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Voting in national elections causes stress and emotional arousal, study finds

With Election Day 2012 just weeks away, a recent study provides scientific evidence that voting in national elections is actually a stressful event with measurable hormonal changes.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teen behavior problems linked to childhood stress

(Medical Xpress) -- Such behavior problems in adolescence as aggression and delinquency are linked to chronic stress in early childhood, which interferes with children's development of self-control, reports a Cornell study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Negative stereotypes about the poor hurt their health

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents who grow up in poverty are more likely to report being treated unfairly, and this perception of discrimination is related to harmful changes in physical health, reports a new Cornell study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast