Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The research indicates that interpreting causes more physical stress to the extremities than high-risk tasks conducted in industrial settings, including assembly line work. It also found a direct link between an increase [...]
Fruit flies’ ability to discern one sex from another may depend on the number of receptors on the surface of nerve cells, and the number of receptors is controlled by levels of a ubiquitous brain chemical, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found.
Everything from the ability to concentrate, perceive and learn to [...]
Children who are anxious before surgery experience a more painful, slow, and complicated postoperative recovery, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this month in Pediatrics.
The study is important, said lead author, Zeev Kain, M.D., professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and the Yale Child Study Center, because more [...]
A new online poll conducted by WEJZ-FM radio reveals that traffic from the daily commute and roadway construction in and around Jacksonville are the leading causes of stress in the city, according to the respondents. The poll also found that Jacksonville residents are most likely to react to stress by getting less sleep. Eisai Inc. [...]
Contrary to popular notions about what is normal or healthy, new research has found that it is okay not to express one’s thoughts and feelings after experiencing a collective trauma, such as a school shooting or terrorist attack.
In fact, people who choose not to express their feelings after such an event may [...]
The latest in the series of Courage to Care fact sheets targeted to support our nation’s military service members and their families are now available on the web. Suicide Facts for Primary Care Providers: Helping Service Members and Families Overcome Barriers to Care”; “Suicide Facts: What Military Families Should Know to Help Loved Ones Who [...]
Reshaping of the DNA scaffolding that supports and controls the expression of genes in the brain may play a major role in the alcohol withdrawal symptoms, particularly anxiety, that make it so difficult for alcoholics to stop using alcohol.
The finding is reported by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the [...]
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with mice, have shown how the body’s own natural stress hormone can help lastingly decrease the fearful response associated with reliving a traumatic memory.
Days after experiencing a traumatic event – a mild electrical shock -mice in the study still showed a fearful response when re-exposed to [...]
Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of Harvard Medical School, today announced the creation of its online Stress Resource Center at http://www.health.harvard.edu/stress. The resource center was created to help the general public understand the ways that daily stress affects their bodies and how they can reduce these damaging effects.
The Stress Resource Center was [...]
Caring for a family member with a serious heart ailment may increase your risk of cardiac disease, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association’s 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
Researchers examined heart risk factors in family members of cardiac patients and found that those who provided all [...]
