Universidad de Granada - Psychologists estimate that 35 per cent of Spanish workers between 25 and 40 years of age will face the post-vacation syndrome this year.
Tiredness, lack of appetite and concentration, irritability, anxiety, sadness and a “couldn’t-care-less” attitude are just some of the symptoms of this illness, caused by the end of the summer […]

Salk Institute - Subjecting mice to repeated emotional stress, comparable to the stress we experience in everyday life, may contribute to the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles found in Alzheimer’s disease, report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. While aging is still the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, a number of studies have […]

American Academy of Neurology - People who are easily distressed and have more negative emotions are more likely to develop memory problems than more easygoing people, according to a study published in the June 12, 2007 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
In the study, those who most often experience […]

Penn State - Pistachios as part of your diet seem to reduce your body’s response to the acute stresses of everyday life by relaxing blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.
“A 10-year follow-up study of young men showed that those who had larger cardiovascular responses to stress in the lab were more likely to contract hypertension […]

MRI study shows one hour of yoga has valium-like effect of increasing GABA levels in brain 27 percent.
Boston - Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital have found that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels, the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter. The findings, which appear in the May 2007 […]

Mysterious and dangerous Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is clearly stress-related, but still poorly understood.
The causes of “broken heart syndrome” remain a mystery, but doctors will soon have an easier time recognizing and treating this rare, life-threatening condition, thanks to data being reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) […]