News tagged with psychological toll

Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care

The feeling of stigmatization that people living with HIV often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll —new UCLA research suggests it can also lead to quantifiably negative health outcomes.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Collaborative research examines executive turnover in federal workplaces

A research partnership represented by the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Center for Organization Development (NCOD) is examining ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Conservatism saved Iceland from catastrophe

The people of medieval Iceland survived disaster by sticking with traditional practices, an innovative new study suggests.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Death tolls spur pro-war stance, study finds

Within hours this summer, 30 American troops died in a strike in Afghanistan and millions of American investors watched the Dow Jones Average shed an astonishing 634 points in one day.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 250 | with audio podcast

Climate change psychology: Coping and creating solutions

Psychologists are offering new insight and solutions to help counter climate change, while helping people cope with the environmental, economic and health impacts already taking a toll on people's lives, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What's behind our conflicted feelings on nukes?

(AP) -- Nuclear radiation, invisible and insidious, gives us the creeps.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 59

Study: Receiving work-related communication at home takes greater toll on women

Communication technologies that help people stay connected to the workplace are often seen as solutions to balancing work and family life. However, a new study in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior sugges ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems

The discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a direct impact on their physical health, according to new research from Purdue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Weighing the costs of disaster

both natural and manmade—can strike anywhere and they often hit without warning, so they can be difficult to prepare for. But what happens afterward? How do people cope following disasters? In a new report in Psychological Sc ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poker-faced professions take toll on employees

Employees who have to maintain a neutral disposition while they are on the clock tend to spend more energy to meet that requirement; therefore, they have less energy to devote to work tasks, according to new research from ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCSF tests promising solutions for cancer hair loss

UCSF physicians are combating a devastating side effect of chemotherapy with an innovative new program -- "Hair to Stay" -- to evaluate devices that could reduce scalp hair loss in breast cancer patients.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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