Recent Posts Tagged With 'stress'

• Chocolate against stress?

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 02:24 in anxiety, Chocolate, stress, health benefits

  Chocolate has always been considered a major enemy of healthy living. But recent studies show that thre might be a good side to this dark temptation. In the third book of the Harry Potter series ,Harry  collapsed after being  attacked by dementors...

• Parental stress and children’s asthma

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 03:59 in stress, pollution, asthma, maternal smoking, parental stress

  It is a well-known fact that asthma attacks are triggered by air pollution, especially among children. A recent study by researchers at the University of California shows that another factor exacerbates asthma risk among children already suffering fr...

• Stress and stroke

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 08:44 in stress, stroke, ischemic stroke, heart and stroke, prolonged stress, cerebral infacrtion

  Many stroke victims believe that it is stress that triggered their attack. However, there isn’t enough scientific evidence to support this. Until now. A Swedish study found a strong association between the two “S” – stress and stroke. And not...

• On stress and aging

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 07:05 in aging, stress, aging awareness

  September is Healthy Aging®Month in the US, an annual observance month designed to focus attention on the positive aspects of growing older. Last week, September 18 was National Aging Awareness Day in the US. That is why I take this opportunity to f...

• Yoga to reduce stress at the workplace

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 02:18 in meditation, yoga, stress, mindfulness, workplace, office worker

  For the typical office worker, the workplace is a place to be sedentary yet full of stress. Stressors affect a worker’s health and productivity in a most negative way, effects that extend beyond the normal working hours. Sleep quality of stress...

• Stress and bedwetting

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 14:09 in stress, bedwetting, enuresis, medical reasons, psychological reasons

  There is nothing more stressful for children and their parents than the problem of bedwetting or enuresis in medical terms. It is also a childhood problem that is embarrassing, and unlike food allergies and asthma, is almost always kept private. So w...

• Blood pressure down, stress up after 30 years

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 09:27 in health, lifestyle, stress, population study

  A lot of things have changed in the last 30 years. The first test tube baby was delivered and thousands of IVF babies followed. Medical science has made great advances in fighting cancer and other diseases. If you look back 30 years ago, what has ch...