News tagged with psychosomatic medicine


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

Violent video games have lower effects on highly-exposed teens

Teenagers who are highly exposed to violent video games—three or more hours per day—show blunted physical and psychological responses to playing a violent game, reports a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Jo ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 03, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teens with high blood pressure have less distress, better quality of life

Teenagers with high blood pressure appear to have better psychological adjustment and enjoy higher quality of life than those with normal blood pressure, suggests a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of ...

Health created May 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Workplace stress poses risk to health

Stressful situations at work can have a negative impact on the cardiovascular system and the metabolism. Stress, which is transmitted by direct and indirect signaling pathways, leads to an inflammatory response in the body, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sustained stress heightens risk of miscarriage

Several studies have examined the impact of stress on a pregnancy – both chronic stress, such as workload, and acute stress associated with traumatic events like the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They conclude ...

Health created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Job burnout can severely compromise heart health

Americans work longer hours, take fewer vacation days, and retire later than employees in other industrialized countries around the globe. With such demanding careers, it's no surprise that many experience job burnout—physical, ...

Cardiology created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Israel rocket attacks increase miscarriage likelihood, research shows

Rocket attacks in Sderot, Israel significantly increase the likelihood of miscarriages, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lonely older adults face more health risks

Always look on the bright side of life. Thanks to a new study from Concordia University, this catchy refrain offers a prescription for staying healthy during one's golden years.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds missing link between mental health disorders and chronic diseases in Iraq war refugees

Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers may have discovered why people exposed to war are at increased risk to develop chronic problems like heart disease years later. And the culprit that links the two is surprising.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method: Research team analyzes stress biology in babies

After waking up, the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva rises considerably; this is true not only for grown-ups but for babies as well. A research team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and from Basel ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parents less likely to develop colds, research shows

There is no question that being a parent is, at times, challenging both physically and mentally. However knowledge of the actual affect parenthood has on health has been inconsistent at best, until now.

Health created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Tis better to give than to receive?

Providing support to a loved one offers benefits to the giver, not just the recipient, a new brain-imaging study by UCLA life scientists reveals.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adverse childhood could raise adult heart disease risk

For all the ills that result from bad parenting, new evidence from an epidemiological study of thousands of people suggests coronary heart disease (CHD) might be added to that list.

Health created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast