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To the untrained eye, Pinterest seems like a rather innocuous place, the perfect wedding photos right next to Ryan Gosling pins, but dig deeper and you'll find something quite disturbing.
Under the polish and veneer of happiness, there are the "unrealized dreams" of thousands, maybe millions of American moms.
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11 May 2013
04:11 GMT |
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A team of researchers writing in yesterday's issue of the journal PLOS ONE argue that, according to their investigations, self-affirmation actually works.
Thus, they say that people who take the time to think about their own values and what they hope to get in life are less affected by stress than others.
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2 May 2013
16:21 GMT |
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When in a bad mood, it is best to be selfish and not try to lend your partner a helping hand at sorting out various chores, specialists now say. This is because doing so when not feeling like it stands to make one's mood go from bad to worse. Needless to say, this ultimately takes its toll on the couple's... |
2 May 2013
14:41 GMT |
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One recent study shows how, when it comes to squirrels, being a stressed-out mom during pregnancy does nothing to harm the baby.
Quite the contrary: it encourages it to grow faster once it is born, despite its getting the same amount of food that baby squirrels born to calm mothers do.
The researchers who studied... |
20 April 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Erika Sandow, a social geographer currently working with Sweden’s Umeå University, says that long commutes need be held accountable for more than simply forcing people to waste significant amounts of time traveling to and from work. Long story short, this specialist maintains that, according to her most... |
15 April 2013
17:01 GMT |
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According to a new investigation commissioned by SKYCIG, a distributor of e-cigarettes, men and women tend to smoke for entirely different reason. Thus, it is being said that, whereas men often smoke when socializing with friends, women are more likely to light up when feeling stressed. The specialists who took t... |
14 March 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Those who put down “losing weight” as one of their New Year's resolutions might want to rethink their list after reading what one doctor has to say about the health benefits of being plump.
Long story short: Achim Peters, who happens to be an obesity expert now working with the Luebeck University i... |
1 March 2013
16:11 GMT |
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According to a new research whose findings were made public during this year's meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, loneliness can be linked to poor health.
To cut a long story short, the researchers who investigated this issue maintain that those who for one reason or another end up f... |
21 January 2013
16:01 GMT |
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An alternative relaxation method is grabbing headlines this week, as students at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia will have the option to relax during finals by playing with puppies.
"Stressed from exams? Come take a break from studying and play with a dog!," the poster for the upcoming stress relief sal... |
4 December 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Military animal experts say that over half of the military dogs serving on battlefields return home with post-traumatic-stress-disorders.
Dogs acting in the army alongside soldiers are a practice with an already solid tradition. The military services include over 2,500 dogs, among which Labradors, Belgian Malinois, ... |
27 November 2012
09:55 GMT |
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown might be a poor choice for my gaming time as far as my real world health is concerned because I can actually feel my stress level increase while I am playing the new strategy title from Firaxis. The tension is mostly linked to the great use of fog of war and the way the percentages play out when ... |
30 October 2012
19:21 GMT |
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University of California in Irvine (UCI) scientists uncovered in a new study that people exposed to images of collective traumas – such as terrorist attacks, floods, landslides, earthquakes and so on – tend to experience long-lasting health effects.
In other words, exposure to traumatic events and images... |
5 September 2012
07:57 GMT |
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People who are more impatient, aggressive and quick-tempered than their peers are at a higher risk of suffering from a stroke, Spanish researchers argue in a new study. All these traits are collectively known as a type A personality. The research suggests a similar risk is present in overly stressed people.
What thi... |
3 September 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Smiling is apparently our best option of reducing the negative effects that a stressful situation has on our minds and bodies. A team of experts recently demonstrated that the expression “just grin and bear it” is based on scientific facts.
University of Kansas doctoral student Tara Kraft, and expert Sar... |
31 July 2012
10:03 GMT |
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The positive health effects associated with yoga have been known for centuries, but modern science failed to identify the reasons why this technique is so efficient. New data from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) finally provide an answer.
According to researchers here, practicing yoga can reduce t... |
25 July 2012
11:08 GMT |
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As more and more women are beginning to make their way into high-stress, high-demand, high-pay jobs, a worrying trend is beginning to emerge, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School (HMS) explain. They say that these females are more likely than their peers to suffer a str... |
20 July 2012
11:24 GMT |
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A new study conducted by experts at the Ben-Gurion University on unsuspecting lab rats indicates that depriving the rodents of sleep following exposure to a stressful event can prevent the development of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).If it can be translated into humans, the practice would provide the US Army,... |
19 July 2012
11:52 GMT |
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A new study conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center experts on unsuspecting lab mice revealed that a natural stress-related effect can promote the spread of breast cancer to bone, leading to metastasis and death. This discovery is very worrying, since it could very well apply to humans as well. The team f... |
18 July 2012
11:36 GMT |
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Experts at the Northwestern University determined in a new study that people who suffer from autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis can reduce the amount of damage the condition causes by managing their response to stress.
In a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology, the research group describes... |
16 July 2012
08:29 GMT |
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According to a new study published in the latest online issue of the Journal of Child and Family Studies, it would appear that the intensive style of parenting some mothers engage in can be very damaging to their mental health.
Supermoms, tiger moms and helicopter moms are becoming usual terms in the United States,... |
6 July 2012
10:24 GMT |
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Stressful situations have the potential to bring the worst out of the best of us, but several coping strategies exist that can be successfully employed to prevent this from happening. One anger management technique is to force yourself to look at the big picture. A useful exercise for accomplishing this is to pictur... |
3 July 2012
12:02 GMT |
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Everyone knows that being stressed is bad for you. The immune system is greatly affected and loses its efficiency in handling infections, which predisposes stressed individuals to numerous diseases. A new study goes against the norm, proving that short-term exposure to stress is in fact beneficial. The team found th... |
25 June 2012
05:59 GMT |
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An interesting new study suggests that our answer to stressful stimuli can sometimes be totally out of proportion to the intensity of the event. As such, we tend to exaggerate at times even though, deep down, we know we are not doing the right things.
In a series of new experiments, scientists have demonstrated that... |
13 June 2012
11:23 GMT |
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According to investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM), it would appear that stress can hamper the development of a critically important area of the brain in children. The prefrontal cortex, which is most affected, encodes complex cognitive abilities.
The conclusion belongs to a series of studies c... |
8 June 2012
04:47 GMT |
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German investigators from the University of Freiburg have determined in a new research that putting men under a lot of stress does not necessarily make them more aggressive. In addition, it was found that the type of social contact males experience before the stressful event determines their response.
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22 May 2012
10:29 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine say that a single molecule, the cellular protein HDAC6, may be used as a target for new therapies meant to prevent the development of associated disorders in people suffering from stress.
This condition is a known risk factor for depressio... |
24 April 2012
05:45 GMT |
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For many years, scientists have only investigated the drawbacks of cell phone texting, such as its effects on literacy levels and driver safety. In a new study, a team of experts was able to demonstrate that the practice can also have very positive effect.
Investigators at the University of California in Berkeley (... |
10 April 2012
03:49 GMT |
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More than five million people in the United States could benefit from the positive effects of yoga. All these individuals are caring for someone suffering from dementia, and a new research shows that practicing yoga for just a few minutes daily has the potential to improve their well-being.
Caregivers are under a lo... |
9 April 2012
05:09 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) say that virtual environments can be used to teach people how to meditate, but also how to handle their stress levels better, contributing to improving their well-being.
Several studies have proven that meditation can improve people's state ... |
2 April 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Real-time brain scans reveal how daughters of depressed mothers are able to reduce their own stress levels through positive thinking. As soon as they stop fixating on negative thoughts, their brain activity starts indicating a return to normal. This research was carried out on young girls aged 10 to 14. Experts sel... |
29 March 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Apparently, smokers tend to improve their self-control by smoking. Who would have thought? Scientists say that self-control is an exhaustible virtue, which needs to be replenished from time to time. Cigarettes appear to be able to lead to this end for smokers.
Managing one's emotions, behaviors and desires is ... |
20 March 2012
12:04 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the University of Illinois believes it may have found the key people need to use in order to withstand most types of temptation. They say that stopping any type of resistance, and simply relaxing, makes it a lot easier not to relapse in a habit, or eat something that is unhealthy.
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16 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Being subjected to stress in your everyday life could interfere with the way in which you would normally make decisions. Investigators determined that people in this situation are more likely to think things will go right if they decide to act a certain way, or make a certain decision.
In other words, they tend to ... |
1 March 2012
05:56 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that stress is capable of affecting even the fabric your cells are made up of, leading to an acceleration of the aging process.
The usual, more visible effects of stress have been under investigation for a long time. These include everything fr... |
22 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (WBI), it would appear that Americans are happier now than they've been in months. The survey links this to the recent economic boost, as well as declining unemployment rates.
The paper suggests that, in addition to making citizens increase ... |
17 February 2012
05:05 GMT |
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Experts with the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management say that our perception of what we call “free time” may dictate an important portion of our personal happiness. Viewing time as money is never the way to go, the researchers suggest.
In a new study, experts determined that people who pla... |
7 February 2012
16:01 GMT |
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An interesting study I came across states that employers should ask their team managers to train the workforce in such a way that all of its members learn to support and care for each other. In this manner, the higher-ups can ensure sustainable, increased performances at the workplace.
The market economy has someho... |
7 February 2012
10:52 GMT |
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A study published in the December online issue of the journal Experimental Biology and Medicine indicates that acupuncture may indeed be effective in reducing concentrations of a chemical linked to stress in the brain. The work, carried out on lab rats, may be applicable to humans as well.
The protein-like substanc... |
23 December 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Investigators at the Tufts University say that inhibiting the effects of chemicals known as neurosteroids on a series of specific receptors in the human brain could result in an inhibition of the body's normal response to stress.
This idea was tested on unsuspecting lab mice during a new series of experiments ... |
16 December 2011
10:07 GMT |
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American researchers at the Scripps Research Institute (SRI) are on their way to creating new drugs for fighting alcoholism. The chemicals rely on an innate anti-stress peptide that is produced inside the brain.
The group says that the molecule was recently analyzed in animal studies, and revealed to be capable of r... |
12 December 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Investigators at the New York University School of Medicine Langone Medical Center (LMC) say that they recently discovered a biological marker that could be used to assess a person's risk of developing a stress-related conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Many were convinced that such an i... |
30 November 2011
10:58 GMT |
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Concordia University investigators have discovered that mood disorders such as depression can easily be linked to an increased risk of suffering from heart diseases. New data indicate that people who are depressed are 50 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack, when compared to non-depressed individuals.
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29 November 2011
10:43 GMT |
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For high school and college students, practicing transcendental meditation (TM) could prove to be one of the easiest, surest ways of reducing the amount of emotional distress they are subject to on a daily basis. The conclusion belongs to a study carried out at the University of California in Los Angeles.
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17 November 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Many people nowadays spend a lot of time at home, caring for their parents or elderly in general. What is little known to everyone else is that this is a tremendously stressful task, which does not hesitate to take its toll on caregivers. Now, researchers propose new ways of mitigating this type of stress.
In a s... |
12 November 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of California in San Francisco say that a drug which has already been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration may be used to prevent relapse in male alcoholics who come under a lot of stress.
This is one of the most important factors determining the number of former alcoholic... |
7 November 2011
08:46 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine argues that individuals who are heartbroken or lonely may experience impaired sleep, as well as significant effects on their physical and mental health. The findings are useful for professionals who are trying to address these issues.
Loneliness d... |
3 November 2011
07:35 GMT |
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University of Cambridge professor of clinical neuropsychology Barbara Sahakian, who has been studying chemicals commonly referred to as cognitive enhancers for the better part of a decade, has recently launched a new debate into the ethical and practical aspects of using such medication.
Smart drugs are not taken un... |
31 October 2011
17:01 GMT |
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A group of researchers at the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, says that paying too much attention to what you are doing can sometimes prevent you from performing at optimal levels in that particular task. What this implies is that, at times, too much attention can indeed be detrimental to performance... |
24 October 2011
08:27 GMT |
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According to the results of a new analysis, the key to becoming and remaining happy is to have just the right amount of spare time on your hands. Too much spare time and things deteriorate, researchers say. If someone does not have sufficient spare time, then mounting frustration and stress negate happiness.
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21 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Scientists with the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, say they've made an important discovery while analyzing the code on which the human brain operates – a new, key actor involved in determining how the cortex deals with, and mitigates for, daily stress. In modern societies, stress is ever-p... |
4 October 2011
11:13 GMT |
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