News tagged with stressful events


Differences in how male, female police officers manage stress may accentuate stress on the job

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When male police officers need to de-stress, they might trade war stories -- but likely not with their female colleagues.





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Analysis does not support association between genetic marker, stress and risk of depression

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to a previous report, an analysis of 14 previous studies does not find an association between a serotonin transporter gene variation, stressful life events, and an increased risk of major depression, according to ...


Much touted 'depression risk gene' may not add to risk after all

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stressful life events are strongly associated with a person's risk for major depression, but a certain gene variation long thought to increase risk in conjunction with stressful life events actually may have no effect, according ...


Stress may increase a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A woman’s daily stress can reduce her ability to fight off a common sexually transmitted disease and increase her risk of developing the cancer it can cause, according to a new study. No such association is seen, however, ...


Driving under the influence (of stress): Regional effects of 9/11 attacks on driving

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country's psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who ...


Pregnancy alone is not associated with increased risk for mental disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnancy alone does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of the most prevalent mental disorders, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Howeve ...


Short stressful events may improve working memory

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically and mentally, and can have a detrimental effect on learning and emotion. However, acute stress -- a short stressful incident -- may ...


Teenage stress has implications for adult health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama — first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents — is behind ...


Early childhood stress has lingering effects on health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation.


No Direct Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.


Sexual harassment at school -- more harmful than bullying

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Schools’ current focus on bullying prevention may be masking the serious and underestimated health consequences of sexual harassment, according to James Gruber from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Susan Fineran from ...



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