Stress Archive
Excess cortisol from chronic stress speeds aging, shortens telomeres
1 Comment Published July 16th, 2008 in Aging, Anti-aging, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Popular, StressNew research shows how too much of a rushed, overbooked, multi-tasking, high-stress, "Manhattan-pace" lifestyle is shortening your lifespan and stunning your immune system at the cellular level, by inhibiting the cells youth enzyme, telomerase.
Every cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides. Short telomeres are linked to a [...]
High altitudes stress heart, increase blood pressure
0 Comments Published July 3rd, 2008 in Aging, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Heart, Medical News, Popular, StressHarvard.edu - Quickly ascending to a high altitude can challenge the healthiest people, but it can stress individuals with a heart problem, according to the July 2008 Harvard Heart Letter . How your heart will respond to the challenges of high altitude depends on how high you are going, what you plan to do there, [...]
Maternal stress during pregnancy worsens baby’s allergies
0 Comments Published May 18th, 2008 in Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Kids, Life, Medical News, Parents, Popular, Pregnancy, StressThoracic.org - Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that stress-distress condition to their babies in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly future asthma risk, according to researchers from Harvard Medical School who are presenting their findings at the American Thoracic Society’s 2008 International Conference in Toronto on [...]
Laughing yoga - no joke
0 Comments Published May 5th, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Mental Health, Popular, StressLaughter yoga - hasya yoga - combines stretches, breathing and giggles.
UMich.edu - “Ho ho, ha ha ha,” students in a yoga fitness class at the University of Michigan Health System chant repeatedly while clapping their hands and walking around the room.
They’re just getting warmed up; in the next half-hour, they will stretch their muscles and [...]
Cervical cancer risk from HPV increased by daily stress
0 Comments Published February 16th, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Medicine, Popular, StressFCCC.edu - A woman’s daily stress can reduce her ability to fight off a common sexually transmitted disease (HPV) and increase her risk of developing the cervical cancer it can cause, according to a new study. No such association is seen, however, between past major life events, such as divorce or job loss, and the [...]
Children’s asthma may be triggered by mothers’ stress
0 Comments Published January 15th, 2008 in Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Kids, Life, Medical News, Medicine, Parents, Popular, StressChildren whose mothers are chronically stressed during their early years have a higher asthma rate than their peers, regardless of their income, gender or other known asthma risk factors.
“It is increasingly clear that traditional environmental risk factors do not fully explain the origins of asthma,” said lead investigator, Anita Kozyrskyj, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the [...]














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