News tagged with stressful conditions


Antidepressant reduces stress-induced heart condition

A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Cardiology created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Massage therapy shown to improve stress response in preterm infants

It seems that even for the smallest of people, a gentle massage may be beneficial. Newborn intensive care units (NICUs) are stressful environments for preterm infants; mechanical ventilation, medical procedures, caregiving ...

Pediatrics created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gray hair and vitiligo reversed at the root

Hair dye manufacturers are on notice: The cure for gray hair is coming. That's right, the need to cover up one of the classic signs of aging with chemical pigments will be a thing of the past thanks to a team of European ...

Medical research created May 03, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (34) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

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

Study identifies co-factors critical to PTSD development

Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New add-on drug may improve memory in people with moderate Alzheimer's disease

A new drug may improve memory problems in people with moderate Alzheimer's disease, according to a phase IIa study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parkinson's disease: Parkin protects from neuronal cell death

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich identify a novel signal transduction pathway, which activates the parkin gene and prevents stress-induced neuronal cell death.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Health-plan, employer-based programs studied for diabetes

(HealthDay)—Health plan-initiated, employer-based wellness programs are being implemented to test new approaches to help reduce diabetes risk and, more broadly, to prevent chronic illness, according to ...

Diabetes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress symptoms in midlife predict old-age disability, study finds

Nearly 30% of adult workers suffer from work-related stress, and it is commonly acknowledged that stress has damaging effects on individual's health. Recently published prospective cohort study by Dr. Jenni Kulmala and co-workers ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High medical bills driving some Americans to extreme measures

(HealthDay)—Insured Americans with serious medical conditions say the financial stress of rising out-of-pocket health care costs is forcing them to juggle household budgets, delay or skimp on care and even ...

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation

People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma—in which psychological stress plays a major role—may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, ...

Immunology created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies potential new pathway for drug development

A newly found understanding of receptor signaling may have revealed a better way to design drugs. A study from Nationwide Children's Hospital suggests that a newly identified group of proteins, alpha arrestins, may play a ...

Medical research created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

AES: Brain's stress response differs among epilepsy patients

(HealthDay)—There is a significant difference in the brain's response to stress among patients with epilepsy who believe stress is an important factor in seizure control compared to those who do not, according ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reactions to everyday stressors predict future health

(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems—it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to researchers at ...

Health created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US state: Execution table can support obese inmate

(AP)—The warden of the prison where Ohio puts inmates to death says the state's execution table can easily hold a 400-pound (181-kilogram) condemned inmate who has argued he is so big it might collapse.

Other created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0