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Stress-related Articles in the News

Stress increases risk of hair loss

CORRECTION: The dermatologist quoted in this article is named Christina Kim, not Cristina Kim. Although hair loss is attributed to genetics, health professionals believe stress can exacerbate hair loss by triggering the release of certain hormones in the body which can damage hair follicles.

Stress Resilience Returns With Feeling For Rhythm

If your body releases cortisol with fixed regularity then you can cope with stress better, says NWO-funded researcher Angela Sarabdjitsingh. She investigated the rhythm of corticosterone production in rats. This rat hormone is comparable to the human stress hormone cortisol. Rats deal considerably less well with stress if the pattern of corticosterone release changes. An irregular release ...

Marine Corps Battles Stress

September 7, 2010: The U.S. Marine Corps has joined the U.S. Army in expanding its counseling and mental health efforts to cope with the growing number of combat veterans seeking help with stress related issues.

Exhaustion, rattled nerves likely to cause stress ailments

Many Canterbury residents are exhausted as aftershocks disrupt sleep, rattle nerves, terrify children and damage homes.

Effect of chronic stress may be found in hair: study

If our eyes are the window to our soul, might our hair be a window into our heart attack risk? Canadian researchers think it might be, suggesting that clues found in our hair could signal if we're likely to suffer a heart attack.

Source: Yahoo! News