News tagged with stress symptoms

The best medicine for productivity

A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual's supervisor offers emotional ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Women with celiac disease suffer from depression, disordered eating

(Medical Xpress) -- Women with celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder associatedwith a negative reaction to eating gluten -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of WTC responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Stress response predictor in police officers may be relevant for military

(Medical Xpress) -- Police academy recruits who showed the greatest rise in the stress hormone cortisol after waking up in the morning were more likely to show acute stress symptoms in response to trauma years later as police ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress response predictor in police officers may indicate those at high risk for PTSD

Stress-related disorders are often linked to people working in the line of fire. In a study led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center in collaboration with the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Depressed fathers pass depression to offspring but the cause is mostly behavioral, not genetic, or epigenetic

(Medical Xpress) -- One of the first studies to examine, in animals, how depression in fathers may impact their offspring will be presented by the study's researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mt. Sinai School of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First long-term study of WTC workers shows widespread health problems

In the first long-term study of the health impacts of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse on September 11, 2001, researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found substantial and persistent mental and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

8-question survey can help predict post-traumatic stress disorder

A simple eight-question survey administered soon after injury can help predict which of the 30 million Americans seeking hospital treatment for injuries each year may develop depression or post-traumatic stress, report Therese ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panic symptoms increase steadily, not acutely, after stressful event

Just like everyone else, people with panic disorder have real stress in their lives. They get laid off and they fight with their spouses. How such stresses affect their panic symptoms hasn't been well understood, but a new ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soldiers who avoid distressing images more at risk for PTSD

(PhysOrg.com) -- When presented with images of faces depicting various emotional states, people who look briefly at fearful expressions are more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those who look at the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane

Living through a natural disaster is a traumatic experience for everyone, but especially for children. A new study by University of Miami Psychologist Annette La Greca and her collaborators, indicate that some children who ...

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created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stressed-out mums may worsen their child's asthma

Mums who are often angry or irritated and those who suppress their emotional expressions can worsen the severity of their children's asthma symptoms, especially when the children are younger. Researchers writing in BioMed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After traumatic event, early intervention reduces odds of PTSD in children by 73 percent

After experiencing a potentially traumatic event - a car accident, a physical or sexual assault, a sports injury, witnessing violence - as many as 1 in 5 children will develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers describe secrets of 'magic' antidepressant

Yale researchers have discovered how a novel anti-depressant can take effect in hours, rather than the weeks or months usually required for most drugs currently on the market. The findings, described in the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

PANDAS don't like stress

PANDAS is an abbreviation for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. This diagnosis was created when clinicians observed that following streptococcal infections, which include ...

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created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0