Stress
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Empower Your Spiritual Efforts - HeartMath Offers emWave Meditation, Prayer and Self-Help Assistant
Though we live in a society that’s overloaded, overwhelmed and over-stimulated, millions of Americans are striving to find inner peace and more heart centeredness. Over the past two years HeartMath has introduced the ‘’emWave Personal Stress Reliever®’’ and the ‘’emWave® PC Stress Relief System’’ to provide people with effective tools to help them reduce stress and anxiety while revitalizing the body, mind, and spirit. HeartMath is now offering the ‘’emWave® Meditation, Prayer and Self-Help Assistant’’—an effective guide that compliments both ‘’emWave’’ products in providing users with simple techniques and exercises to build more sustainable focus while deepening one’s sense of peace and strengthening their power of intention.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Canadian workers punch in even when sick and exhausted
According to a study released today, 42 per cent of Canadian workers went to work sick or exhausted at least once in 2007. Of these, 29 per cent admitted to working while ill three to five times, 11 per cent from six to 10 times and 12 per cent admitted to more than 10 times in the last year. Nine out of 10 workers believe that the incidences of stress-related mental health problems, such as burn-out, depression and anxiety have been increasing over the years.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Delnor Hospital Offers HeartMath Workshop in Geneva, IL on May 15, 2008
Denor Hospital in Geneva, IL is offering a six-hour HeartMath workshop on Thursday, May 15 from 9:00 - 6:00. This is a great opportunity to attend a live HeartMath event taught be trainers with years of experience using HeartMath personally and in a healthcare setting.
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Monday, April 07, 2008
New Study Finds Anticipating A Laugh Reduces Stress
In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces potentially detrimental stress hormones.
Appreciation • Emotions • Happiness • Hormones • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
For the Golfer Who Doesn’t Quite Have Everything
Whether it’s a $600 driver or a $200 training aid or a newfangled tee that you can get free at the country-club pro shop, golfers are constantly on the lookout for anything that can help them improve their game, even if ever so slightly. And the good news is that some of this stuff actually works.
This Wall Street Journal article includes a nice writeup of HeartMath and our emWave technology.
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
Army Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours
Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers to be sustained at high levels in Iraq for this year and beyond. Among combat troops sent to Iraq for the third or fourth time, more than one in four show signs of anxiety, depression or acute stress, according to an official Army survey of soldiers’ mental health.
Burnout • Military • PTSD • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop
They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.
Monday, March 31, 2008
High level of stress rampant in workplace
Poll results released in October by the American Psychological Association found that one-third of Americans are living with extreme stress, and that the most commonly cited source of stress - mentioned by 74 percent of respondents - was work. That was up from 59 percent the previous year.
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Anniversary of a Loved One’s Death Can Trigger Sudden Death
If the date of a loved one’s passing is approaching, beware. The anniversary of the death of a close family member, especially a mother or father, is a significant trigger for Sudden Death (SD), especially in men, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s 57th Annual Scientific Session.
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk
Emphasizing an old adage, new medical research confirms that keeping stress levels under control can significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack or death in patients with coronary artery disease. Although a correlation between stress and various heart ailments has been established in the past, this is the first observational study to examine the effect of anxiety or depression treatment on a heart patient’s risk factors.
Article
ACC Press Release (PDF)
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Happily Marrieds Have Lower Blood Pressure Than Social Singles
Happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks. Both men and women in happy marriages scored four points lower on 24-hour blood pressure than single adults. Having supportive friends did not translate into improved blood pressure for singles or unhappily marrieds.
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Treating Wife’s Stress May Be Indirect Care For Men With Prostate Cancer
When a couple is dealing with cancer, a partner’s psychological distress might drag down the well-being of either person, according to a new study of 168 married couples.
Stressed Parents Equals Sick Kids
Stressed parents aren’t just damaging their own health - they may also be making their children more vulnerable to illness.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Study: Stress In College Hurts Motivation
Findings from a newly released study say college students are more stressed out than ever and the added stress is leading to serious consequences. Most students in U.S. colleges are just plain stressed out, from everyday worries about grades and relationships to darker thoughts of suicide, according to a poll of undergraduates from coast to coast. The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and mtvU, a television network available at many colleges and universities. Four in 10 students say they endure stress often. Nearly 50 percent say they feel it all or most of the time.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Queen’s research links stress and breast cancer
Research findings from a Queen’s University study have for the first time uncovered a possible biological link between severe psychological stress and an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The study, led by biochemist Christopher Mueller, found that the stress hormone hydrocortisone may repress the activity of a tumour-suppressing gene known as BRCA1 that is related to breast cancer.