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stress stories: 51 news summaries

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Japanese PM Hospitalized as Party Scrambles for Successor

Abe suffers 'exhaustion' after resigning

Sep 13, 07 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is in a Tokyo hospital battling stress and exhaustion a day after announcing his resignation. Abe is expected to be hospitalized for at least three or four days, while his scandal-plagued party fields a replacement and calls for a general election escalate. In his surprise announcement,... More »

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Japan • Shinzo Abe • stress • resignation • Tokyo • hospital • exhaustion

Marketer Says He's Nailed a Nasty Habit

'The preventer' will cure nail biting in four weeks, inventor vows

Sep 10, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch marketer says he can cure the pernicious problem of nail biting in under a month with the “preventer,” a tooth guard that’s molded to fit either the upper or lower teeth and makes it impossible to bite. “The impulse disturbance is so frustrated that... More »

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stress • nail biting • Holland • anxiety • Alain Raymond van Abbe • onychophagy • obsessive compulsive disorder • Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors • OCD

Weight a Minute! Stress Triggers Fat
in Study

A nervous mouse is a chubby mouse

Jul 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A newly discovered chemical connection between chronic stress and fat could help curb obesity— or grow fat in places like breasts for cosmetic purposes, the Washington Post reports. Scientists found that  stressed-out mice on a rodent junk-food diet grew the fattest, and that injecting or blocking a stress neurotransmitter can... More »

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obesity • health • science • fat • weight • stress

Coffee's Perks Not in the Caffeine

Go for decaf: other chemicals in coffee
give health a jolt

Jun 25, 07 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have long championed coffee's health benefits, but a series of recent studies is waking them up to the fact that caffeine has nothing to do with it. Regular consumption of coffee or tea can provide protection against cancer, diabetes and heart disease, but researchers say other chemicals are responsible. More »

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cancer • health • diabetes • coffee • science • heart disease • caffeine • tea • stress • antioxidants

Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

Walter Reed lacks resources to cope with growing problem

Jun 18, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though 20 to 40 soldiers are sent home from Iraq each month with severe mental problems, the Army's largest hospital has no post-traumatic stress disorder center, reports the Washington Post. There is also a severe shortage of doctors qualified to treat these patients. Not long ago, the head of psychiatry... More »

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health care • veterans • psychiatry • stress • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • PTSD

Miami Tops Road Rage Rankings

Watch out for hostile drivers in New York, Boston, and LA, too

May 15, 07 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miami has retained its title as the capital of road rage for the second year running, taking top honors in a national survey for brake-slamming, running red lights, and talking on cellphones. Motorists in Portland, Ore., report the least tailgating; if you do get too close, do it in St.... More »

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road rage • Miami • Driving • stress • car crash • cars

Bacteria Battle Depression

Research shows brain produces serotonin as an immune response

Apr 6, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clinical depression may be treatable with bacteria, doctors at Bristol University posit. They got the idea when they observed lung cancer patients inoculated with harmless Mycobacterium vaccae who showed reduced symptoms and improved mental health. The brain produces serotonin as an immune response, the docs hypothesized, raising the low serotonin... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • depression • antidepressant • mental health • science • bacteria • vaccination • vaccine • medical research • stress • research • serotonin • immune system

Depression Causes Preemies

Depression is more dangerous before the baby is born, researchers say

Apr 4, 07 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most new mothers with post-partum depression are ill long before their babies are born, the first study of clinical depression during pregnancy has found. The research, conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, shows that depression, triggered by a natural increase in stress hormones during pregnancy, is a "... More »

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medicine • pregnancy • post partum depression • health • depression • psychiatry • antidepressant • children • infant mortality • stress • baby • prescription

Docs Too Quick to Cry
Depression

Study finds almost any negative emotion seems to prompt medication

Apr 3, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shrinks are too quick to term patients clinically depressed, says a new study reported in the Washington Post. Researchers argue that a quarter of "acute grief reactions," the standard symptom of depression, may in fact constitute normal responses to stress; they blame the bloated psychopharmaceutical industry, in part,... More »

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medicine • health • depression • psychiatry • disease • patients • stress • mental illness • grief

(Newser) - George Packer traveled the world from Baghdad to Malmo to Damascus to talk to the Iraqis, mostly young,  who have served the American military as interpreters, intelligence gathers and local experts.  He finds a disillusioned group of once pro-American Iraqis betrayed by mistrust, bureaucratic indifference, and outright lack... More »

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Iraq • military • America • stress • bureaucracy • troop withdrawal • US Army • PTSD

Is Dick Cheney's Heart the Culprit?

The VP's "darkening persona" may be linked to ticker troubles

Mar 12, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney watchers who've puzzled over the vice president's increasingly rigid, defiant, and tone-deaf behavior are beginning to consider whether could be his heart, literally, that's the culprit. With speculation about the Cheney's "darkening persona" an obsession in the capital, Michele Cottle explores the connection between long-term cardiovascular problems... More »

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Dick Cheney • cardiovascular disease • health • dementia • heart • stress • cognitive decline

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