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Stress can make it even worse for people to deal with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a new study says.
High levels of perceived stress are associated with a quadrupled risk of moderate or severe COPD flare-ups (excerbations), researchers reported recently...
Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person’s stress, a new study reports.
Stressed students who interacted with a friendly dog reported less stress, had a reduced heart rate and had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva, rese...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 14, 2025
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Bad meetings don’t just waste time -- they can leave workers with a "meeting hangover," new research shows.
More than 90% of employees surveyed by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte said they sometimes experience these "hangovers" -- lingering frustration and distraction after unproductive meetings...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- March 4, 2025
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Cold showers or ice baths have become a trendy way to recuperate after a heavy-duty workout, but do they actually help?
A new evidence review suggests there’s some science to back up the hype.
People report lower stress, improved sleep and better quality of life following cold-water immersion, researchers reported Jan. 29 in the journal
A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce.
Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 22 in the journal <...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 23, 2025
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Check out your surgeon as you’re wheeled into the operating room. Do they seem tense, on edge, or stressed out?
If so, that could be good news for you, a new study says.
The patients of stressed surgeons tend to suffer fewer major complications from surgery, according to findings of new study published in
More and more adults are stuck in the middle of their families, caring not only for their children but also for aging parents and other older family members.
The mental and physical health of these “sandwich carers” is more likely to deteriorate over time, a new study published in the jo...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 7, 2025
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If you're a mom right now, you are likely tearing your hair out as you juggle the sizable scheduling demands of the holiday season. Maybe you feel like you are carrying the load alone.
New research suggests you are not imagining things, and that it happens all year long to many moms.
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- December 30, 2024
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A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll.
“A wellness intervention that integrates yoga and psychological tools may strengthen the connections among the mind, body and spirit, leading to a better and more meaningful quality of life,” said study senior author
Folks who stress-eat fatty foods like cookies, chips and ice cream might be able to protect their health with a nice cup of cocoa or green tea, a new study says.
Drinking cocoa that’s high in healthy flavanols along with a fatty meal can counteract some of the impact of fats on the body, particularly the blood vessels, researchers found.
“Flavanols are a type of compound...
Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults, especially younger folks, continues to rise, the latest federal data shows.
Nearly 1 in every 5 (18.2%) adults reported anxiety issues in 2022, up from 15.6% in 2019, reported Emily Terlizzi and
Most Americans say they’re stressed out over the future of the United States and the presidential election, a new poll shows.
The Stress in America poll, conducted by the American Psychologica...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- October 23, 2024
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Stress is flooding the nation as the 2024 U.S. presidential election nears its climax.
This stress is only natural, but it can be managed, said Eric Storch, vice chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences with Baylor...
SATURDAY, Sept. 21, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Workplace anxiety. Who hasn't experienced it?
However, if that anxiety is so strong that it hurts your performance or lingers for months, you might have a problem, one expert says.
Dr. Asim Shah, executive vice chair in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral S...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- September 21, 2024
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Deprivation, neglect and abuse during childhood can increase a person’s long-term risk of health problems, a new study warns.
“Stress is implicated in nine of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States today,” said senior researcher Dr. George Slavich, director of the UCLA Laboratory for S...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 17, 2024
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People who can cope with challenges as they grow older are more likely to live longer, a new study shows.
Seniors with higher levels of mental resilience are 53% less likely to die within the next 10 years than those with the lowest levels, researchers found.
Even with chronic health problems or an unhealthy lifestyle, people with high mental resilience remained 46% and 38% less lik...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 4, 2024
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Teaching schoolkids to practice mindfulness can boost their mental health -- and, maybe, even their grades.
That's the takeaway from a new review of more than three dozen research studies on school-based mindfulness interventions, such as seated or slow-walking meditation.
In a nutshell, these programs teach kids to pay attention to the present moment and not to be judgmental ...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- August 30, 2024
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Almost half of American parents surveyed say they face "overwhelming" levels of stress on a daily basis, and in an advisory issued on Wednesday U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called parental stress an urgent public health issue.
Murthy...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 28, 2024
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Your heart health before and after a heart attack might be influenced by how loud your neighborhood is, new research suggests.
One study found that people under 50 were more prone to heart attack if they lived in a noisy area, while another study showed the prognosis for heart attack survivors was worse if neighborhood noise was an issue.
"These data provide some of the first insigh...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 27, 2024
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Low-paid employees under crushing work stress have a nearly doubled risk of developing a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds.
White-collar workers with high-stress, low-reward jobs have a 97% increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, which increases a person’s risk of strok...
City dwellers are less likely to be healthy, happy and well-off than people living outside urban areas, a new study reports.
Instead, there’s a suburban “Goldilocks zone†between cities and rural areas where people are happiest, researchers report.
“Areas near cities but beyond their boundaries… show the highest and most equal levels of psychological s...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- July 23, 2024
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Dogs can sniff out whether a human is stressed or relaxed, new research suggests, and that sensory feedback appears to influence canine emotions and choices.
The dog doesn't even have to know the human well to interpret odor in this way, the British researchers noted.
“Dog owners know how attuned their pets are to their emotions, but here we show that even the odor of a stress...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- July 22, 2024
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When it comes to health worries, cancer leads the way, a new poll shows.
The University of Cambridge poll included 2,000 adults who said their biggest concern is getting diagnosed with cancer when it's too late to treat it. Seven in 10 respondents have that fear, while 52% fret about the impact of a cancer diagnosis on loved ones.
"Cancer affects one in two of us and unde...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- July 15, 2024
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Anxiety could be an early warning sign of Parkinson's disease, a new study finds.
People with anxiety have at least double the risk of developing Parkinson's compared to those without the mood disorder, results show.
Further, specific Parkinson's symptoms serve as warning signs of the ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2024
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Many younger workers feel stressed, isolated and unappreciated at their jobs, a new survey has found.
The 2022 Work in America survey, conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), found that young adults are struggling in the workplace:
Nearly half (48%) of workers ages 18 to 25 feel peop...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 14, 2024
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America's college students seem to be more stressed than ever, with a new report finding a sharp rise in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) on campuses across the country.
In a "national sample of U.S. college students, we found a notable increase in the pre...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 30, 2024
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"Ugh, I'm so busy these days I can barely think straight. It's so crazy."
No doubt some friend or coworker (maybe even yourself) has moaned about how stressed and overworked they are.
Sometimes its fully justified, but in many cases folks see it as "stress bragging...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 27, 2024
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Parents striving to be "perfect"will never attain that goal, and the aim isn't even healthy for their families, a new study says.
The risks of striving for perfection are such that researchers have now created a scale to help parents track their burnout and, if necessary, counter it.
No one knows what caused the liver and kidney disease that led to Ludwig van Beethoven's untimely death.
But one popular theory"that high lead levels killed the great composer"should be ruled out, researchers argue in the journal Clinical Chemistry.
Analysis of samples taken from preserved locks of Beethoven's hair reve...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 8, 2024
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The silent symptoms of stress can be easily overlooked, but they're important to recognize to protect one's mental health, experts say.
Visible symptoms of stress are fairly obvious"irritability, anger, impatience, muscle tension.
"You may not be able to hide those for a long time. Immediately, people will notice it"family, friends and co-workers,"
Standardized tests put a lot of pressure on teenagers who want to secure their future and make their parents and teachers proud.
This stress can lead to symptoms like stomach aches, sleep problems, irritability and heightened emotionality, experts say.
But there are concrete steps students can take to prepare for a standardized test while also keeping their cool.
Live ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 12, 2024
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A good night's sleep is often hampered by caffeine, hunger, alcohol or chronic pain.
Now, America has a new cause of poor sleep: the sound of gunfire on city streets.
New research shows that gunshots are twice as likely to occur at night, mostly affecting the sleep of people in low...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 4, 2024
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Folks with genetically-driven stress are more likely to suffer heart attacks after nerve-wracking events or times of unrest, a new study shows.
People with above-average genetic scores linked to neuroticism and stress were 34% more likely to experience a heart attack followi...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 28, 2024
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Playing fetch or grooming Fido isn't just good for your precious pooch -- it also benefits your brain.
Such interactions appear to strengthen brain waves associated with rest and relaxation, South Korean researchers report in the March 13 issue of the journal PLOS One. Their small study compar...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- March 15, 2024
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During the past half-century, the United States' annual number of school shootings has increased more than twelvefold, a new study finds.
What's more, children are now four times more likely to be a school shooting victim, and the death rate from school shootings has risen more than sixfold.
"Firearm violence is a public health crisis, and it needs to be addressed,"said lead researc...
Teens have a higher risk of self-injury -- deliberately cutting or burning themselves -- if they have a fraught relationship with a struggling parent, a new study shows.
Teenagers were nearly five times more likely to self-injure if, when they were 6, their moms and dads reported stress and discomfort in their role as parents, researchers found.
Teens also had a nearly doubled risk ...
Folks hoping to quell their anxiety would do best to use cannabis products that don't get them high, a new clinical trial has found.
The non-intoxicating marijuana compound CBD appears to help manage anxiety better than THC, the chemical in weed that gets people high, researchers say.
Patients with anxiety randomly assigned to smoke CBD-dominant products experienced greater improvem...
Women working in health care endure significantly more stress and burnout compared to their male co-workers, a new review concludes.
Gender inequality, a poor balance between work and life and a lack of workplace autonomy all create pressure on female health care professionals, researchers report.
On the other hand, there are factors that can protect women from stress and burnout: a...
Lockdown drills have become a shudder-inducing part of American life, preparing kids to lie low and keep quiet if a gunman chooses to roam their school.
But a new study finds these drills help children who've been exposed to violence, helping them feel safer at school.
The findings contradict claims that drills traumatize children rather than making them feel secure, researchers sai...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 23, 2024
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Unexpected medical bills and high health care costs are dominating an election where kitchen table economic problems weigh heavily on voter's minds, a new KFF poll has found.
Voters struggling to pay their monthly bills are most eager to hear presidential candidates talk about economic and health care issues, according to the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll.
Nearly three in four adu...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 21, 2024
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Immigration has become a contentious topic in America, but new research shows the heated debate on the issue may be stressing out Hispanics across the country, whether they are citizens or not.
After analyzing data from 2011-2018, the researchers discovered that, over time, there has an increase in psychological distress among all Hispanics as U.S. immigration policies came under fire.
Doctors are bailing on the profession for a reason that may surprise their patients.
It's not frustration with government rules or cumbersome insurance requirements, but problems securing suitable childcare for long and ever-changing working hours, a new survey published Feb. 15 in the BMJ finds.
American teenagers cite stress as the leading reason they might get drunk or high, a new report reveals.
That only underscores the need for better adolescent mental health care, according to the research team behind the study.
Better "access to treatment and support for mental health concerns and stress could reduce some of the reported motivations for substance use," concluded inve...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- February 9, 2024
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Filling the day with simple activities could be the key to improving mood and well-being after a person has suffered the loss of a loved one, a new study finds.
These "uplifts"-- activities that can improve a person's mood -- helped ease grief on a day-to-day basis, researchers reported recently in the journal
Even mild cases of COVID can trigger insomnia in most people, a new study reports.
About three out of four people with mild COVID (76%) reported experiencing insomnia following their illness.
Further, nearly one in four (23%) said they'd experienced severe insomnia, according to results published Feb. 5 in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.
If you experience insomnia afte...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 5, 2024
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Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds.
Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Jan. 30 in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Further, more than half who were very concerned about taking time off work...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 30, 2024
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Stressed-out teens are likely to have more heart health risk factors in adulthood, a new study says.
Teens with elevated stress levels tended to have high blood pressure, obesity and other heart risk factors as they aged, compared to those teens with less stress, researchers found.
"Our findings suggest that perceived stress patterns over time have a far-reaching effect on various c...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 17, 2024
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What's even more nerve-wracking than paying taxes?
The holidays, according to a majority of Americans, who say it takes them weeks to recover from seasonal stress.
"The holidays are an easy time to justify putting off healthy habits, but it's important to manage chronic stress and other risk factors to stay healthy during the holiday season and into the New Year," said
SATURDAY, Dec. 2, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The holidays are typically a happy whirlwind of gift-buying, house decorating, party planning and family gatherings, but all that work can also stress people out.
Luckily, experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say there are things you can do to keep your stress levels under control and help make your holidays happy.
"Excess stress wears...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- December 2, 2023
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