News tagged with social stress
Link between over-indebtedness and obesity identified
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Mainz have discovered a close correlation between over-indebtedness and obesity. According to the report published in the journal BMC Public Health, over-indebted Germans are more likely to be ...
New research links social stress to harmful fat deposits, heart disease
Aug 05, 2009 |
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A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding ...
Understanding the process of homosexual identity formation among Asian and Pacific Islander youth
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Young American-raised Asian and Pacific Islanders (API), who are in the sexual minority, face psychological and social stresses in dealing with their families' values and ancestral cultures that significantly impact the development ...
Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child.
Reaction to stress traced to genetic differences
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2009 |
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Can people's differing reactions to situations of stress be attributed at least in part to genetic differences and do those differences affect men and women in different ways - with the edge seemingly favoring the women? ...
