Coffee addicts have been saying it for years – now an experiment on mice has found that caffeine does indeed help one stay cool in stressful situations – and has pinpointed the neurochemical pathways involved in the process. ...
Jun 10, 2015
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It's supposed to help keep our bodies healthy in stressful situations.
Apr 2, 2015
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Non-tenure-track academics experience stress, anxiety, and depression due to their insecure job situation, according to the first survey of its kind published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology.
Aug 6, 2014
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Adolescents treated with the antidepressant fluoxetine - better known by its commercial name, Prozac - appear to undergo changes in brain signaling that result in changed behavior well into adulthood, says a new study.
Jan 20, 2014
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Experienced firefighters take longer to make decisions under stress than novice firefighters, according to research conducted at Iowa State University. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Aug 1, 2013
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It's no surprise that those who tend to see a rose's blooms before its thorns are also better at handling stress. But science has failed to reliably associate optimism with individuals' biological stress response – until ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Children living in poverty who appear to succeed socially may be failing biologically. Students able to overcome the stress of growing up poor are labeled "resilient" because of their ability to overcome adversity, but University ...
May 30, 2013
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Skydivers show the same level of physical stress before every jump whether a first-timer or experienced jumper, say Northumbria researchers.
May 17, 2013
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Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this ...
May 7, 2013
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Some 2-year-olds whose moms used methamphetamine during pregnancy may have an abnormal response to stressful situations, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Mar 20, 2013
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