Stress News

Cybershrink: some tough questions

CyberShrink answers some tough questions dealing with fear, loss and destructive behaviours that can surface inside of us and our relationships.

Stress harder on women's hearts

Heart blood flow increases in men when they experience mental stress, but does not change in women, which may explain why women are more likely than men to have heart trouble when they suffer emotional distress.

Job stress ups emotional burnout

Research shows that staying in an organisation out of a sense of obligation leads to emotional exhaustion, a chronic state of physical and mental depletion from stress and demands.

Why stress makes you sick

A new study involving the common cold may help explain why stress, which dampens the immune system, seems to trigger inflammation in many people.

Repeated stress impairs memory

Anyone who has ever been subject to stress knows that it can take a toll on the ability to think clearly. Rresearch uncovers a link between repeated stress and impaired memory.

Men respond aggressively stress

The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes.

Bad sleep impacts stress response

When faced with stressful situations, older adults who sleep poorly showed increased levels of a marker associated with inflammation, a new study finds.

Stress alters decision making

Research shows that when people under stress make a difficult decision, they may pay more attention to the upside of the alternatives they’re considering and less to the downsides.

90% of firefighters have PTSD

A new study on the prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among firefighters in Israel indicates that approximately 90% show some form of full or partial symptoms.

Green spaces reduce stress levels

Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender or other variables, a study shows.