News tagged with social stress
Social status promotes faster wound healing in wild baboons
Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.
May 21, 2012 |
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Strong social networks mean less stress for parents
A U of A professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy has found that those conversations with fellow parents around the barbeque or at the playground can be important to maintaining a happy family.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Gulf oil spill similar to Exxon Valdez in initial social and mental impacts, study finds
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused social disruption and psychological stress among Gulf residents that is similar to the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez spill and the impacts are likely to persist for ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Study shows disorder may cause an increase stereotyping
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study performed by Dutch social scientists Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, suggests that people may resort to stereotyping to cope with ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Elevated levels of sodium blunt response to stress, study shows
All those salty snacks available at the local tavern might be doing more than increasing your thirst: They could also play a role in suppressing social anxiety.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Mathematical model shows how groups split into factions
(PhysOrg.com) -- The school dance committee is split; one group wants an "Alice in Wonderland" theme; the other insists on "Vampire Jamboree." Mathematics could have predicted it.
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Parents' social problems affect their children -- even in birds
A recent study performed by Floriane Guibert and Cecilia Houdelier at the CNRS-University of Rennes in France, together with researchers at the INRA in Nouzilly, France and with Austrian scientists including Erich Mostl of ...
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Social stress leads to atherosclerosis
Studies on genetically engineered mice show that social stress activates the immune system and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis. Commonly used drugs to reduce blood pressure, however, may stop this process. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Facebook peeks spark asthma attacks in dumped boy
Beware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Psychologists identify influence of social interaction on sensitivity to physical pain
Psychologists at the University of Toronto have shown that the nature of a social interaction has the ability to influence an individual's sensitivity to physical pain. The discovery could have significant clinical implications ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Researchers analyze student grief online after campus shootings
After the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, hundreds of affected students turned to social media websites to share their grief and search for solace. A new ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2010 |
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New study strengthens link between everyday stress and obesity using an animal model
Bethesda, MD-Stress can take a daily toll on us that has broad physical and psychological implications. Science has long documented the effect of extreme stress, such as war, injury or traumatic grief on humans. Typically, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Study Shows that Women's Compassion for Others Benefits the Self
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dalai Lama holds that compassion -- concern for the well-being of others -- leads to happiness. Now a new study has found that compassion may also have health benefits in the form of stress reduction ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Stress gets under our skin
Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered that how your brain ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 2010 |
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