FINDINGS: Researchers found that Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese low-impact mind-body exercise, provided significant health benefits for adults suffering from tension headaches. Compared with a control group, patients who participated in a 15-week Tai Chi program were helped not only with headache pain, but also perceived improvement in other areas, reporting increased energy, emotional well-being, [...]
Older adults who worry about their health engage in less physical activity, and those who participate in less activity are more likely to report having difficulty walking, according to a new study.
The research, featured in the current issue of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, was conducted by lead author Kin-Kit Li [...]
Department of Defense and HHS officials on Wednesday announced a program under which the departments will send 200 psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health care professionals to military facilities to treat the increased number of soldiers who have post-traumatic stress disorder, the Washington Times reports.Adm. Joxel Garcia, assistant secretary for health at HHS, [...]
Teenagers who smoke could be setting themselves up for depression later in life, according to a groundbreaking new Florida State University study.
Psychology Professor Carlos Bolanos and a team of researchers found that nicotine given to adolescent rats induced a depression-like state characterized by a lack of pleasure and heightened sensitivity to stress in [...]
Family members may experience post-traumatic stress as many as six months after a loved one’s stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco. The study, published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that [...]
A relaxation technique known as transcendental meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Transcendental meditation, derived from the ancient Vedic tradition in India, is taught through a [...]
We are all familiar with the question – “Are you a man or a mouse?” What if the answer is “a little of both”? Because of the power of molecular genetics research in animals and the maturation of animal models, the path to identifying genes involved in particular types of behavior, such as fear, is [...]
New research findings suggest that a child’s behaviour during the age of 10-11 could predict whether he/she will suffer from depression, have violent tendencies or have social phobia later in life.
The study looked at the data on 765 children 10-11 years of age. They followed the kids up for a period of [...]
Statistics released last week by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) show a dramatic increase in the number of workers suffering from work related stress in Great Britain and the Chair of HSC had a stark reminder for employers on National Stress Awareness Day, “We need to make a conscious effort to tackle workplace stress [...]
South Asian males living in London are more at risk from heart disease than their white counterparts and their experience of higher stress levels and greater psychological distress may contribute to this.
This is the finding of Dr Emily Williams whose research was funded by the British Heart Foundation. This research was published last [...]
