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Moderate Exercise Minimizes Supervisors' Abusive Behaviors Towards Their Subordinates
If your boss is giving you a hard time - lying, making fun of you in public and generally putting you down, he or she may benefit from some exercise, according to a new study by James Burton from Northern Illinois University in the US and his team...
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Benefits Breast Cancer Survivors
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their treatments end. Previous rese...
Publ.Date : Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Manchester United Fan's Addisonian Crisis Spotted While Doctors Watched Match
The Christmas issue of bmj.com describes how doctors in Manchester identified a rare condition in a football fan after they heard about her unusual symptoms whilst watching her team Manchester United play...
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 PST
Unpleasant Emotional Memories Preserved And Enhanced By Sleep
A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly reduced if the person stays awake afterward...
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Blogging May Help Teens Dealing With Social Distress
Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association...
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Stress And Weight Gain - A Vicious Circle
Stress can make you fat - and being obese can create stress. A new hypothesis seeks to explain how. Diet and lack of exercise are not sufficient to explain the worldwide rise in obesity. Stress is one of many other factors which could contribute, ac...
Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men
Men in same-sex marriages enjoy better health, have fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs compared to other gay or bisexual men, researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Public Health...
Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PST
When Kicking The Habit, The Poorest Smokers Face The Toughest Odds
Quitting smoking is never easy. However, when you're poor and uneducated, kicking the habit for good is doubly hard, according to a new study by a tobacco dependence researcher at The City College of New York (CCNY)...
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Different Methods Can Reduce Hospital Fear In Children
Undergoing surgery can be a terrifying experience for a child. But stress and fear, and the use of pain relief after the procedure, can be reduced with simple means: drawings, continuity and dialogue. This has been shown by research at the Sahlgrensk...
Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
2 Genes Affect Anxiety, Behavior In Mice With Too Much MeCP2
The anxiety and behavioral issues associated with excess MeCP2 protein result from overexpression of two genes (Crh [corticotropin-releasing hormone] and Oprm 1 [mu-opioid receptor MOR 1]), which may point the way to treating these problems in patien...
Publ.Date : Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
