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Stressed-Out Moms Think Their Children are More Difficult
Mothers who experience stress from parenting are more likely to perceive their babies as temperamentally difficult, according to a new study by researchers at Bradley Hospital, Brown Medical School and Women & Infants' Hospital.   view more (2006-01-06)

Dietary copper may ease heart disease
Including more copper in your everyday diet could be good for your heart, according to scientists at the University of Louisville Medical Center and the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center.   view more (2007-03-06)

Mice stressed in simulated weightlessness show organ atrophy
A ground-based, experimental model used to simulate astronaut weightlessness in space has provided Rutgers scientists an opportunity to study the effects of stress on immune organs.   view more (2007-09-04)

Lone dieters have slim chance of success
Organised weight loss groups are the most effective way to diet, according to new research conducted by Aston University's Dr Mike Green and Nicola Elliman in conjunction with the Western Human Nutrition Center, University of California.        The study (funded by... view more (2004-02-25)

Landslide syndrome: politicians and executives surf the waves of change
Psychological models of stress and change have been used to predict the behaviour of world leaders and executives in periods of radical change. Professor Peter Herriot, Institute of Employment Studies, Dr Richard Plenty, Shell International, Ashley Weinberg, University of Manchester and Dai... view more (1998-12-23)

Stress-related disorders affect brain's processing of memory
Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have determined that the circuitry in the area of the brain responsible for suppressing memory is dysfunctional in patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the... view more (2008-12-03)

Violence at work significantly boosts clinical depression risk
Employees subjected to real or threatened violence at work run a major risk of becoming clinically depressed, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2006-08-10)

Not all fat is created equal
A Temple University study finds fat in obese patients is "sick" when compared to fat in lean patients.   view more (2008-08-28)

Dealing with Stress as a Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is initiating a study of "mindfulness-based stress reduction," a technique often used in behavioral medicine for stress reduction but not before as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol use disorders.   view more (2007-10-29)

New insight about the source of anxiety in Rett syndrome
A peptide known to play a role in anxiety is overly plentiful in a mouse model of the inherited neurological disorder Rett syndrome and appears to underlie the anxiety-like behavior in these mice.   view more (2006-11-14)

For Iraq veterans, migraines may be sign of other problems
Soldiers returning from combat in Iraq who have migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to also have symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression or anxiety than soldiers who do not have migraines.   view more (2007-05-04)

Scientists Unravel Clue in Cortisol Production
When a person's under stress or injured, the adrenal gland releases cortisol to help restore the body's functions to normal. But the hormone's effects are many and varied, lowering the activity of the immune system, helping create memories with short-term exposure, while impairing learning if... view more (2007-04-25)

FOXO factor promotes survival of oxygen-deprived cancer cells
Scientists report that an evolutionarily conserved transcription factor may have both positive and negative effects on the growth of tumors, depending on whether or not the tumor cells have enough oxygen.   view more (2007-12-28)

PTSD may increase heart disease risk in older men
A higher level of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder may increase the risk of coronary heart disease in older men, according to a report in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2007-01-03)

Study links receptor to stress-induced alcohol relapse
Relapse to uncontrolled drinking after periods of sobriety is a defining characteristic of alcoholism and is often triggered by stress. A new study in rats reports that a specific receptor for a stress-response transmitter may play an important role in stress-induced relapse.   view more (2006-10-03)

Writing protects against the effects of stress
Writing about traumatic events has been found to protect against the negative effects of laboratory stress in individuals who are normally unable to express their emotions.   view more (2004-08-23)

Glucose triggers brain cell death in rats after hypoglycemic coma
Brain damage that was thought to be caused by hypoglycemic coma actually occurs when glucose is administered to treat the coma, according to a study in rodents led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.   view more (2007-04-05)

Study identifies key player in the body's immune response to chronic stress
Osteopontin (OPN), a protein molecule involved in many different cellular processes, plays a significant role in immune deficiency and organ atrophy following chronic physiological stress, resulting in increased susceptibility to illness.   view more (2007-09-04)

Ecstasy side-effects, gender and pain, quitting smoking
At Goldsmiths College, University of London, the Psychology Department has undertaken new research in areas including gender and pain, and why smokers find it hard to quit. Below you will find some key findings, followed by a detailed explanation overleaf: ? Abstaining smokers have reduced... view more (2002-09-20)

Genomics reveals mechanism of heat resistance in bacteria
Warm-blooded creatures maintain a relatively stable body temperature that cannot tolerate the stress of intense heat (or cold).   view more (2005-08-23)

RIT Study: Sign Language Interpreters at High Ergonomic Risk
Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology.   view more (2008-04-18)

Naked mole-rat unfazed by oxidative stress
The long-lived naked mole-rat shows much higher levels of oxidative stress and damage and less robust repair mechanisms than the short-lived mouse, findings that could change the oxidative stress theory of aging.   view more (2006-10-09)

Investigational cancer drug targets critical proteins
A drug under study to treat various cancers selectively kills cancer cells because of its affinity for a modified version of a critical heat shock protein they contain, researchers have found.   view more (2007-04-16)

Wound Healing - Discovery Of A New Therapeutic Strategy Against Hypertrophic Scarring
Wound healing appears generally a banal event, but in a certain proportion of cases it evolves inappropriately in hypertrophic scars resulting in skin and organ deformations. This is due to an excess of wound contraction, a phenomenon that generally helps to close the wound. Hypertrophic scarring... view more (2002-05-13)

Study identifies new tumor suppressor
A protein called HLJ1 may work as a novel tumor suppressor in non-small-cell lung carcinoma.   view more (2006-06-21)
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