Buffalo.edu - For people with chronic back pain, having had a few stressful life events or adversity in your life can be protective and beneficial, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, to be published in the September 2010 issue of the journal Pain.
These [...]

OSU.edu - Living in an environment rich with physical, mental and social stimulation – a setting that causes mild stress – might by itself curb cancer growth, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
The [...]

UCSF.edu - Exercise can buffer the effects of stress-induced cell aging even on telomeres, according to new research from UCSF that revealed actual benefits of physical activity at the cellular level.
The scientists learned that vigorous physical activity as brief as 42 minutes over a 3-day period, similar to federally recommended levels, can protect individuals from [...]

Wisc.edu - What Madison Avenue knew decades ago has been observed in brain chemistry. Hearing your mother’s voice via a simple phone call from mom can calm frayed nerves by sparking the release of a powerful stress-quelling hormone, oxytocin, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Biological anthropologist Leslie Seltzer tested a group of seven- [...]

ESCardio.org - Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants in London (UK): the Whitehall II study.
The research, which is published online May 12, 2010 in the European Heart Journal [1], found that, compared with people who did not work overtime, people who [...]

Older married adults whose spouse has dementia are at a six times higher risk for developing dementia themselves, compared to similar older married adults whose spouse never develops dementia. This is the key finding of a study published today in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Husbands appear to be at higher risk than [...]