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Massage therapy shown to improve stress response in preterm infants

2013-05-16 10:28:05 Massage therapy may reduce stress in preterm infants by promoting autonomic nervous system development, and in male preemies, it helped with heart rate variability read

Positive social support at work shown to reduce risk of diabetes

2013-05-14 09:46:56 While development of diabetes is commonly associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity, research has shown that stress can also have a significant impact read

Pets may help reduce your risk of heart disease

2013-05-10 10:23:02 Having a pet might lower your risk of heart disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement read

Study suggests teen girls who exercise are less likely to be violent

2013-05-08 10:32:51 Physical activity also may help decrease violent behavior among adolescent girls, in addition to lowering risk of depression, stress, and obesity read

Carnegie Mellon Research shows self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress

2013-05-04 12:14:49 Self-affirmation can protect against the damaging effects of stress on problem-solving performance such that participants performed under pressure at the same level as those without stress read

Persistent pain after stressful events may have a neurobiological basis

2013-05-03 09:50:42 Persistent pain after stressful events, including motor vehicle collisions and sexual assaults, has a specific biological basis read

Study suggests depression and back pain can reinforce each other

2013-04-30 11:57:00 Vicious circle: People with depressive symptoms are more likely to develop and maintain pain in the back and neck and people with back and neck pain suffer from depression more often read

Study examines role of social stress in brain inflammation

2013-04-30 08:56:30 Inflammation in the brain may hold the key to depression/cardiovascular disease connection -- where heart disease increases the risk of depression and vice versa read

Study suggests high levels of glutamate in brain may kick-start schizophrenia

2013-04-27 13:29:51 Observing physical changes with schizophrenia: First, glutamate activity increased in the hippocampus, then hippocampus metabolism increased, and then the hippocampus began to atrophy read

Forced exercise may still protect against anxiety and stress

2013-04-26 12:27:06 Regardless of whether rats chose to run or were forced to run, the exercise protected them against stress and anxiety read

Moms more likely than other employees to leave male-dominated jobs with long hours

2013-04-25 09:54:57 Mothers were 52 percent more likely than other women to leave their jobs if they were working a 50-hour week or more, but only in occupations dominated by men read

Natural therapies may help lower blood pressure

2013-04-24 10:54:08 Expert panel chaired by U-M cardiovascular medicine physician evaluates the effect of exercise, strength training and other natural health techniques on blood pressure read

Study suggests workplace stress poses risk to health

2013-04-24 09:05:12 Healthy workers who were exposed to stress at work displayed significantly elevated inflammatory parameters and faced twice the risk of cardiovascular diseases read

Mental vulnerability associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

2013-04-19 12:18:34 Mental vulnerability was significantly associated with fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events independently of the classical risk factors -- 36% higher than in the non-vulnerable read

Hair analysis reveals elevated stress hormone levels raise cardiovascular risk

2013-04-18 12:58:17 Long-term cortisol exposure in seniors, as detected in scalp hair analysis, is linked to heart disease, stroke read

Mindfulness therapy might help veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder

2013-04-18 10:59:42 Veterans with PTSD who completed an 8-week mindfulness-based group treatment plan showed a significant reduction in symptoms read

Researchers find out why some stress is good for you

2013-04-17 12:08:07 Significant -- but brief -- stressful events caused stem cells in their brains to proliferate into new nerve cells, improving alertness, behavioral and cognitive performance read

How our bodies interact with our minds in response to fear and other emotions

2013-04-17 10:04:13 The way our minds react to and process emotions such as fear can vary according to what is happening in other parts of our bodies read

Mind over matter? Core body temperature controlled by the brain

2013-04-15 09:47:20 Certain meditation techniques (g-tummo) can affect core body temperature and potentially help in boosting immunity to fight infectious diseases or immunodeficiency read

Study suggests meditating before classes may help grades

2013-04-13 13:05:20 Meditation may help students who might have trouble paying attention or focusing score better on tests -- even predicting who would do well read

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