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Weight Gain Worry for Stressed Black Girls: Stress and Weight More Strongly Linked in Black Girls Than White Counterparts
September 19, 2012 Could the impact of chronic stress explain why American black girls are more likely to be overweight than white girls? Higher levels of stress over 10 years predict greater increases in body weight ... > full story -
Substance-Use Disorders Linked to Increased Risk of Death for Veterans With PTSD
September 18, 2012 Association between drug, alcohol problems and mortality most prominent in younger veterans with PTSD, including those from Iraq, ... > full story -
Feeling Stressed by Your Job? Don’t Blame Your Employer, Study Shows
September 14, 2012 Work stress, job satisfaction and health problems due to high stress have more to do with genes than you might think, according to new ... > full story -
Low Ghrelin: Reducing Appetite at the Cost of Increased Stress?
September 13, 2012 Ghrelin is a hormone released by the lining of the stomach that promotes feeding behavior. Decreasing ghrelin levels could potentially help combat obesity -- in fact, a vaccine that lowers ghrelin ... > full story -
Stress Hormones: Good or Bad for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk?
September 12, 2012 Using an animal model of PTSD, researchers demonstrate that elevated levels of glucocorticoids at the time of acute stress confers protection against anxiety-like behavior and the delayed enhancing ... > full story -
Suicide Prevention Expert Outlines New Steps to Tackle Military Suicide
September 10, 2012 The suicide rate in the US Army now exceeds the rate in the general population, and psychiatric admission is now the most common reason for hospitalization in the Army. These concerning trends are ... > full story -
Coping Skills, Marital Satisfaction Help Pregnant Moms Manage Stress When Fetus Has Heart Defect
September 7, 2012 Expectant mothers who learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD) commonly suffer post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety. However, a ... > full story -
Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease Increases Maternal Stress, Depression, and Anxiety
September 7, 2012 Infants who were prenatally diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) are more stable and have better outcomes than infants who were diagnosed after birth. Diagnosing CHD in a fetus also allows ... > full story -
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Almost One in Five Young Children With Cancer Suffers from a Trauma Disorder
September 6, 2012 The diagnosis and treatment of cancer does not only trigger posttraumatic stress disorder in adults and older children; infants and toddlers with cancer also suffer from trauma disorders, as ... > full story -
New PTSD Diagnosis Criteria Examined
September 5, 2012 Proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder will not substantially affect the number of people who meet criteria for the disorder, according to new ... > full story
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