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Workplace Stress
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Stress Hormone Linked to Severe Aggression in Boys
A study published in the January edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry indicates that low levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the saliva may be an indicator of persistent aggression in boys.
Stress Management-Health Tools
Health tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health. Interactive tools are designed to help people determine health risks,ideal weight,target heart rate,and more.
What Stress Does to Your Body
The human body is well adapted to deal with short-term stress, but if it remains on orange alert for an extended period of time, you can grow vulnerable to some serious health problems. Here's how major systems respond to your worries.
Stress and Heart Disease
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Biofeedback-Topic Overview
What is biofeedback?Biofeedback is a method that uses the mind to control a body function that the body normally regulates automatically, such as skin temperature, muscle tension, heart rate, or blood pressure. When you are first learning biofeedback, you will have sensors attached to your body and
Stress May Leave You Heading to the Cookie Jar
Worried women could be prone to weight gain, study suggests
Stress Management-Setting a Goal to Reduce Stress
Set a goal in three steps If you're ready to reduce stress in your life,setting a goal may help. Try following these three steps: Find out what creates stress for you. Think about your coping strategies. Try using a stress journal to record stressful events,your response to them,and how you ...
Road Rage: Where Your City Ranks
The fourth annual "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey" ranks the Big Apple as the city with the rudest drivers.
Staying Healthy in Times of Stress
Stress can make you sick, but there are simple steps you can take to manage stress and avoid illness.
Hydrotherapy-References
A list of resources for information on hydrotherapy.
Workplace Stress
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As Economy Worsens, so Does Stress
Eight out of 10 Americans are stressed about the economy, and more people are reporting stress-related symptoms such as fatigue and irritability than they were a year ago.
Cell Phones Raise Work-Home Stress
Increasing use of cell phones and pagers may be blurring the boundaries between work and home and raising stress levels at both places.
Stress Management
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How Common Is 'Broken Heart Syndrome'?
A new study, one of the largest of its kind, confirms that stress cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken heart syndrome," affects men as well as women.
Could All Work and No Play Hurt Your Health?
Type A. Workaholic. Burning the candle at both ends. Married to the job. If any of those describe your approach to your career, and you’re letting those vacation days pile up, know this: You may be setting yourself up for some serious health problems.
Stress Linked to Stroke
New research shows that people who are quick tempered, impatient, aggressive, or naturally hostile may be more likely to suffer strokes than their more laid back counterparts.
Graduate School Can Be Bad for Your Health
Call her the typical grad school student. At age 27, Marni Silverman is studying neuroscience at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.