From the Douglas Mental Health University Institute media release: A new study finds a link between prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) and the development of symptoms of asthma and autism in children. A team of scientists…
From the American Society for Microbiology media release: Scientists believe they have an explanation for the axiom that stress, emotional shock, or overexertion may trigger heart attacks in vulnerable people. Hormones released during these events…
From the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering media release: Computer scientists at Microsoft Research and the University of California, San Diego have developed a system that combines a mobile application and sensor to detect stress…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health media release: The sudden loss of a loved one can trigger a variety of psychiatric disorders in people with no history of mental illness, according to…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health media release: Psychological stress is harmful to sperm and semen quality, affecting its concentration, appearance, and ability to fertilize an egg, according to a study led…
From the BMJ-British Medical Journal media release: Many schools in England are neglecting — and may be actively harming– students’ health and wellbeing, warn experts in an editorial published on bmj.com today.Professor Chris Bonell at…
From the Canadian Medical Association Journal media release: Pregnancy is associated with a significant risk of a serious car crash requiring emergency medical care during the second trimester, according to a research paper published in…
From the Duke University Medical Center media release: Bullied children may experience chronic, systemic inflammation that persists into adulthood, while bullies may actually reap health benefits of increasing their social status through bullying, according to…
From the Manchester University media release: For the first time, researchers in the UK have studied the effects of yoga on pregnant women, and found that it can reduce the risk of them developing anxiety…
From the BMJ study abstract: Few studies have examined the relationship between stressful social relations in private life and all-cause mortality. We used baseline data (2000) from The Danish Longitudinal Study on Work, Unemployment and…