Researchers measured people’s physical and psychological responses while they used Facebook, performed a stressful task, or just relaxed, and found each of these activities appears to have a different effect on mood and arousal. Dr… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today
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The Best Medicine For A Stressed Worker
February 9, 2012
A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual’s supervisor offers emotional and instrumental support, the employee is more likely to recover without needing to take that extra afternoon or day off… Anxiety [...]
Association Between Mild Cognitive Impairment, Disability And Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
February 8, 2012
In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment – an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress – is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large study publishe… Anxiety [...]
Friends Help Us To Negate Negativity
January 29, 2012
‘Stand by me’ is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research from Concordia University proves that the concept goes beyond pop music: keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological benefits… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today
Survivors Of Hurricane Katrina Struggle With Mental Health Years Later, Study Says
January 27, 2012
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study’s lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results… Anxiety [...]
Shedding Light On How The Brain Adapts To Stress
January 26, 2012
Scientists now have a better understanding of the way that stress impacts the brain. New research, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals pioneering evidence for a new mechanism of stress adaptation and may eventually lead to a better understanding of why prolonged and repeated exposure to stress [...]
Moderate Exercise Minimizes Supervisors’ Abusive Behaviors Towards Their Subordinates
January 26, 2012
If your boss is giving you a hard time – lying, making fun of you in public and generally putting you down, he or she may benefit from some exercise, according to a new study by James Burton from Northern Illinois University in the US and his team… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News [...]
Narcissistic Men May Pay With Their Health
January 25, 2012
Men with an inflated view of their importance, who are incapable of putting themselves in other people’s shoes and who see themselves as “special” and superior to others, some of the traits of a narcissistic personality, may pay for this with their health… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today
When Kicking The Habit, The Poorest Smokers Face The Toughest Odds
January 23, 2012
Quitting smoking is never easy. However, when you’re poor and uneducated, kicking the habit for good is doubly hard, according to a new study by a tobacco dependence researcher at The City College of New York (CCNY)… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today
Unpleasant Emotional Memories Preserved And Enhanced By Sleep
January 21, 2012
A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person’s emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly reduced if the person stays awake afterward, and that sleep strongly “protects” the negative emotional response… Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News [...]
