Consequences of Insomnia Go Beyond Fatigue, Poor PerformanceSusan H. Scher, MD
Insomnia is a major health risk. It erodes your quality of life. But too few doctors even ask...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The mother-baby bonding hormone, oxytocin, made introverts feel more outgoing and trusting.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Some people constantly doubt themselves rather than committing to their choices, no matter how small
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
At what age do children learn that one can choose to see a situation in a more positive light?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Smoking pot can make people calm, anxious, or even psychotic. A study reveals the chemical culprit..
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The hormone DHEA sounds like a miracle: it may ease menopause symptoms and boost sexual interest.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Researchers discover an important step in the stress response, which, if blocked, could stop...
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
The brains of children exposed to family violence show changes similar to those of soldiers...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Having a difficult, abusive boss can strain personal relationships at home.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Drinking offers health benefits and risks. Get help sifting through the latest findings.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
REM sleep can reduce the emotional impact of traumatic memories.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Heavy drinking and alcoholism raise a person's risk of cancer and a host of other diseases considerably.
Read more >Leslie Carr
People who decide to come to work when they feel sick spread disease.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Going through a string of difficult life events in middle age raises one's death risk.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Seasonal affective disorder occurs when a lack of sun disrupts the body's circadian and serotonin cycles. It a real form of depression.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
How you interpret your stress can influence how you perform on tests.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
What you can do to cope with the stress of financial hardship – emotionally and practically.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Stress can lead to depression, but new brain cells may be responsible for stopping the process...
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Kids' nagging can wear down moms' resistance. But a study found some winning strategies...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People with anxiety often have problematic social relationships, partly as a result of their worries
Read more >Neil Wagner
Pet owners score higher on a variety of measures of healthy adjustment...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Several types of massage can be helpful in relieving back pain.
Read more >J. Douglas Bremner, M.D.
Stressful Events Lead to Unexpected Reaction in Panic PatientsAlice G. Walton
You might think people with panic disorder would fall apart in a crisis, but that's not the case...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People with body dysmorphic disorder have problems in the brain's visual processing system.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Getting along well with the coworkers may lengthen your life. Getting along with the boss... not...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Do we cooperate with others to experience positive feelings or avoid the bad ones?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Reducing stress can improve the odds of becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People with alcoholism in the family tend to have a genetic variation affecting impulsivity. Environmental factors also play a role.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Food addiction and drug addiction may activate the same reward areas of the brain.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Working over 11 hours a day regularly can raise your risk of heart disease significantly.
Read more >Neil Wagner
A dose of cortisol, the stress hormone secreted when we are afraid or stressed, helped acrophobics..
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Some foods can help you feel, think and remember better. You may know about blueberries, but curcumin?
Read more >Neil Wagner
An accidental discovery has resulted in serious hair re-growth in stressed mice. If men are next...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Anxious? Cognitive behavior therapy can help. The changes it brings can be seen in the brain itself.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Antioxidants appear to improve male fertility, reducing damaging oxidative stress on sperm...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Exercise significantly reduces the severity of IBS symptoms.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Meditation changes the brain, with areas related to learning and memory expanding and areas related to anxiety, contracting.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Writing about your anxiety may help release some of its grip and enable you to perform more in line with your ability.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Do people listen to their bodies have better instincts when it comes to making intuitive decisions?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A new antibiotic may bring significant relief to IBS sufferers; but will it work over the long-term?
Read more >Neil Wagner
Can mindfulness therapy reduce the pain experienced by people with this baffling condition?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
If you've been laid off, take heart: new research shows that within one year, you'll be about as happy as you were before the layoff.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Planning for a healthier 2011? We pull together some of the top health news stories of this past year.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Scientists have found a way to disrupt upsetting memories of traumatic events: sleep deprivation.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
More people are seeking treatment for depression. But the type of treatment they choose may not be..
Read more >Neil Wagner
No surprise: women facing job stress have a greatly increased risk of heart disease. But what to do?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Workers with exhaustion and depression felt significantly better after they retired...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Stress isn't behind as much weight gain as was previously thought, but there are sex differences...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Facing some adversity in your life may help you better cope with stress and be happier later on.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People who smoke, overeat, or don't exercise take more sick days, while those who drink take fewer.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Look at the hair of cardiac patients and you can see that in the months before the attack...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Renin, an enzyme, may offer a way to figure out which blood pressure meds a patient may best respond
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The idea that one's personality can contribute to cancer has not been found to be true.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Researchers find that Irritable Bowel Syndrome is linked to changes in the brain as well as the gut.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Science is putting the ancient practice to the test. It appears that being mindful can change your brain and your behavior.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Have a good luck charm? It may actually help performance by boosting confidence
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Mice "stressed" by living in stimulating environments fought cancer better than those not stressed.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People who work a great deal of overtime are at greater risk of heart-related death. Type A behavior may be partly to blame.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Just seeing people who show symptoms of illness seems to stimulate the immune system.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A promising experimental treatment for intractable PTSD involves anesthetizing the nerves of the stellate ganglion.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Dieting can actually make it harder to shed pounds because it raises levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Stress is a fact of life, but you can learn to manage it better, both mentally and physically.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Stress is a feeling, but it is also a biological response that is both helpful and harmful.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Kids and caregivers left behind during deployment have to shoulder a heavy burden. A study looks at what can help.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Yoga appears to help the body by reducing its inflammatory response to stress.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Retirement is good for your health. In fact, if your work life has been stressful, you are likely to feel much better after you retire. According to one study, it's like turning the clock back eight years
Read more >Alice G. Walton
As stressful as learning a new skill can be, the happiness we gain from our new level of competence more than makes up for it.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
College students who have harmful drinking patterns can be helped to rein in their drinking by receiving personalized online feedback.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Stress appears to rewire the brain, making it respond in an obsessive, repetitive rather than creative fashion. The good news is...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Appreciating even the smallest positive moments in your life builds emotional strength, and wards off stress and depression.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
People who are anxious may have a hard time ignoring distractions.
Read more >Neil Wagner
People feel good after exercising and this feeling can last up to 12 hours.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Job stress can raise the chances a person will experience major depression.
Read more >Jordana Bieze Foster
Think of play (dancing, hiking, tennis) when you think of fitness. It will help keep you motivated.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy asks people to observe their thoughts and to focus on the physical sensation of breathing.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Listening to pleasurable music helps dilate blood vessels significantly, just as blood pressure medications like statins do.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Social skills, such as knowing how to resist peer pressure, endure beyond childhood and support a person's success in adulthood.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Stress at work from a bad boss can increase your risk of heart disease.
Read more >Neil Wagner
When it comes to maintaining weight loss, telephone counseling appears to be just as effective as face-to-face counseling.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Gulf War illness was originally dismissed by many as a psychosomatic illness. Then a cause was found.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
When people close to you quit smoking, you are more likely to quit as well.
Read more >Richard P. Kraig, Ph.D., M.D.
Virtual Reality Therapy as a Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress DisorderNeil Wagner
A new study of has found a surprising use for virtual reality technology — as a therapeutic method for helping people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
Read more >Cheryl Corcoran, M.D., and Dolores Malaspina, M.D., M.S.P.H.
The Children of 9/11Tom Gilbert
Nearly 73 percent of children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center catastrophe developed a psychiatric illness in the years following the event.
Read more >Morton M. Silverman, M.D.
Stress and AllergyRosalind J. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., and Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D
Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you're having a really tough day, you sneeze a lot and your skin feels itchier? It's not a coincidence, your emotions may have been the trigger.
Read more >Gary M. Gray, M.D.
Tincture of opium may help relieve IBS symptoms when other medicines fail.
Read more >Kathryn J. Zerbe, M.D.
Psychodynamic therapy works best with those who are curious to learn more about themselves and their inner thoughts.
Read more >Gary M. Gray, M.D.
To reduce episodes of heartburn, avoid cigarettes,late night meals and alcohol and coffee in the evening.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Most Americans know from personal experience that high credit card debt is bad for their financial health.
Read more >M. Nergis Alnigenis (Yanmaz), M.D., and Peter Barland, M.D.
A low-impact exercise program may help relieve the symptoms of Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
Read more >Juan F. Lopez, M.D.
The Response to StressBruce McEwen, Ph.D., and Dean Krahn, M.D
What do we mean when we say we are "stressed out"? We may just be having a bad day, or feeling pressured by too many things to do and too little time to do them.
Read more >Dean D. Krahn, M.D.
Drug abusers, alcoholics and overeaters may appear to be out of control but, actually, it's the opposite. Their brain chemistry, thrown out of balanceby substance abuse, is strongly dictating their behavior.
Read more >Dean D. Krahn, M.D.
We pride ourselves on our intelligence but we still engage in many unhealthy behaviors — eating and drinking to excess, smoking, abusing drugs.
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