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“Leisure sickness” is not a medical condition but a lot of space was taken in this article to produce a plethora of recommendations for relaxation that paradoxically becomes a full time stressful job to accomplish it.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 29, 2024 Source:You Might Be Prone to “Leisure Sickness” if Your Body Seems to Sabotage Your Time Off
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Limited evidence to support the idea that stress is directly responsible for greying hair
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 7, 2024 Source:Stress isn’t as responsible for greying hair as you might think. This is the actual culprit
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Small study on desk plants reducing your stress level needs more watering.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 10, 2020 Source:Keeping a plant on your desk can reduce workplace stress, study says Reference:Potential of a Small Indoor Plant on the Desk for Reducing Office Workers’ Stress
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The pathophysiology of how stress contributes to the development of grey hair
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 31, 2020 Source:Scientists Confirm That Stress Can Indeed Turn Hair Grey Reference:Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells
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The stress of being an alpha male
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 15, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Are Alpha Males Healthy?
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Post Superbowl stress may increase in heart attacks or how to completely misrepresent causality
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 4, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Post–Super Bowl Heartbreak: Cardiac Death Risk May Rise for Losing Fans
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Cortisol levels in hair may be an indicator of heart attack in men who are already at risk of heart disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 6, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Cortisol Levels In Hair Linked To Heart Attack Risk Reference: Hair cortisol and the risk for acute myocardial infarction in adult men
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Black tea and its relationship to stress reduction
Food science is providing new and exciting insights into how intricately and elegantly linked our good health is to our food choices. This does not only apply to cancer prevention and cardiovascular health but to our mental health as well. There is now evidence that black tea does indeed play a role in helping people…
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How chronic stress may contribute to premature aging
Chronic stress seems to trigger the premature aging of immune system cells, a new study suggests. Although people who are under stress for long periods often look haggard, scientists don’t understand how chronic stress causes damage at the cellular level. The new research focused on one sign of biological aging – caps of DNA and…