Psychology & Psychiatry

Studies ID ways to help young adults avoid health impacts of stress

It's well established that experiencing stress can hurt our physical health. Now two new studies find that younger adults who take preemptive steps to respond to stress are better able to avoid those negative health outcomes.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Exposure to violence has long-term stress effects among adolescents

Children who are exposed to community violence continue to exhibit a physical stress response up to a year after the exposure, suggesting that exposure to violence may have long-term negative health consequences, according ...

Surgery

Incontinence surgery bests physical therapy in trial

(HealthDay)— Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem among women, and new research suggests that surgery might be a better first-line treatment than pelvic muscle strengthening.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Can stress trigger a second heart attack? Yes, new research suggests

Stress can be caused by financial woes, work pressures, relationship issues, illness or even natural disasters or health crises like the emerging coronavirus. For some people who survive a heart attack, it seems mental stress—as ...

Oncology & Cancer

Financial worries add to cancer patients' burden

(HealthDay) -- A small study gives a snapshot into the financial anxieties that plague many patients with advanced cancer and their spouses, even as they struggle against the disease itself.

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