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A Good Game Of Golf -- Mind Over Matter
June 17, 2005 Ever stood on the tee and as you feel the eyes on the other golfers on you, your heart starts to race, your palms become sweaty, and you worry about making a mess of the shot? If this has happened, ... > full story -
Crazed By Consumption: Consumers Cope With The Stresses Of Shopping
June 3, 2005 With consumption comes a cost, says a report in the June 2005 issue the Journal of Consumer Research. But, this time it is not just dollars that are at stake, it may be your mental health, ... > full story -
Teenage Depression Can Be Enduring, But Is More Often Short-Lived
May 27, 2005 Teenage depression is widespread and can become a life-long illness, but is more often transitory, said UCLA Psychology Professor Constance Hammen. Adolescent depression can be as high as 20 percent ... > full story -
Too Stressed To Think?
May 17, 2005 Chronic stress can be harmful - to your health and also to your brain, according to researchers at the Douglas Hospital Research Center. Their findings, published in a recent issue of ... > full story -
Large-Scale Study Identifies Key Stress Factors Facing New Mums
May 7, 2005 Large-scale study of 861 new mums identifies the key stress factors experienced in the six weeks after giving birth. Tiredness, lack of sleep and decreasing social activity top the ... > full story -
Babies Show Ripple Effects Of Mothers Stress From 9/11 Trauma
May 3, 2005 Pregnant women present during the September 11 World Trade Center collapse have passed on markers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to their unborn babies through transgenerational ... > full story -
A Little Stress Gives Beneficial Oomph! To Immune System
April 18, 2005 New research in mice provides more evidence that a brief bout of stress can give the immune system a beneficial boost – under certain conditions. Laboratory results showed that acute stress ... > full story -
Obesity And Insomnia Linked By Excitability Of Brain Cells
April 12, 2005 A possible link between lack of sleep (insomnia) and obesity has been traced to hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress, Yale ... > full story -
Rat Brain's Executive Hub Quells Alarm Center If Stress Is Controllable
February 13, 2005 Treatments for mood and anxiety disorders are thought to work, in part, by helping patients control the stresses in their lives. A new study in rats by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees ... > full story -
Stressed Mice Quicker To Get Skin Cancer
December 8, 2004 Does stress speed up the onset of skin cancer? The answer, in mice anyway, appears to be "yes." Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say that chronic stress may speed up the ... > full story
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