News tagged with stress level


Mouse research links adolescent stress and severe adult mental illness

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have established a link between elevated levels of a stress hormone in adolescence—a critical time for brain development—and genetic changes that, in young adulthood, cause ...

Neuroscience created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

What does chronic stress in adolescence mean at the molecular level?

Chronic stress has a more powerful effect on the brain during adolescence than in adulthood and now there's proof at the molecular level, according to findings published in Neuron by University at Buffalo researchers.

Neuroscience created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Vicious cycle: Obesity sustained by changes in brain biochemistry

With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition. A study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry adds substantially to the st ...

Medical research created May 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress

It's no secret that stress increases your susceptibility to health problems, and it also impacts your ability to solve problems and be creative. But methods to prevent associated risks and effects have been less clear – ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher activity levels may protect children from stress

(HealthDay)—Children with lower levels of daytime physical activity (PA) have higher hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis (HPAA) activity in response to psychosocial stress, suggesting that PA may ...

Health created Mar 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

TV viewing, exercise habits may significantly affect sperm count

Men's sperm quality may be significantly affected by their levels of physical activity, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). They found that healthy young men who were sedentary, ...

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Texting doesn't replace the feel-good effects of talking, study says

(HealthDay)—It's hard to quibble with the speed and convenience of connecting through texts and instant messages, but scientists say that today's ubiquitous online social communication may not confer the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Under similar stress, rich live longer than poor, study reports

(HealthDay)—Money may not buy you happiness, but it can help you avoid the ill effects of unhappiness and stress. That's the upshot of a new British study that finds stressed-out rich people live longer ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Could poor sleep contribute to symptoms of schizophrenia?

Neuroscientists studying the link between poor sleep and schizophrenia have found that irregular sleep patterns and desynchronised brain activity during sleep could trigger some of the disease's symptoms. The findings, published ...

Neuroscience created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals benign brain tumours can cause more emotional harm than malignant tumours

(Medical Xpress)—In a paper published in the Journal of Neuro-oncology, researchers have found that that patients with benign brain tumours experience greater distress than those with malignant tumours before ...

Cancer created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Men, women have different stress reactions to relationship conflict

(Medical Xpress)—Men and women who are expectant parents have different stress reactions to relationship conflict, according to researchers at Penn State, who studied couples expecting their first child. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Negative news stories affect women's stress levels but not men's

Bad news articles in the media increase women's sensitivity to stressful situations, but do not have a similar effect on men, according to a study undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at the Centre for Studies ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Born to lead? No sweat

(HealthDay)—It's good to be the boss. How good? New research suggests that leaders suffer from less stress than people in less powerful positions.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Women may be at increased health risk due to PTSD

(Medical Xpress) -- Research has shown that women are at greater risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than men. Now, scientists based at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teens' chronic stress is linked to time in poverty

(Medical Xpress) -- Childhood adversity is linked to chronic stress in adolescence, setting the stage for a host of physical and mental health problems, finds a new Cornell study published online in July in Psychological Sc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast