I read about a study done on veterans with post traumatic stress syndrome and their non-veteran twins to see if their brains were affected. The gray matter density is the part of the brain where emotional functioning occurs. They did MRI scans on both people and the veterans showed an area of emotional functioning that […]
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This article talks about how over-stressed parents could be affecting their child’s health. There was a study done that followed the health of 120 children over three years. In this study parents were asked to keep a weekly journal of their child’s illnesses and measure their temperatures when they were ill. Every six months they […]
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In an article in the Science Daily there is new research from Tel Aviv University that shows that reducing your stress can keep cancer cells from coming back. Fear is also something that is discussed, because it can weaken the immune system and doctors do not want to operate unless the immune system is at […]
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Posted in Stress Management on March 6th, 2008 No Comments »
This article talks about how stress is a slow killer and is always a part of our lives, but there are ways of keeping it balance so it doesn’t get the best of us. There are six easy ways to help reduce your stress. Make sure you eat in the midst of burning the candle […]
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