TV companies battling to preserve the shared experience of scheduled TV viewing in an era of 24/7 streaming and personalised viewing need more than binge-watching contracts and no-sleeping agreements to keep customers. Recently, Netflix introduced a binge-watching contract for couples and families to regulate the way they watch TV together….
‘Stressors’ in middle age linked to cognitive decline in older women
A new analysis of data on more than 900 Baltimore adults by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has linked stressful life experiences among middle-aged women — but not men — to greater memory decline in later life. The researchers say their findings add to evidence that stress hormones play an uneven…
Coping skills program helps social service workers reduce stress, trauma after disasters
An intervention called Caregivers Journey of Hope can help social service workers—especially those with the least experience in the field—to mitigate the stress and trauma they may experience when they’re helping community members recover from disasters, a new study found. There’s a significant need for mental health interventions for social…
Study demonstrates stress reduction benefits from petting dogs, cats
College is stressful. Students have classes, papers, and exams. But they also often have work, bills to pay, and so many other pressures common in modern life. Many universities have instituted “Pet Your Stress Away” programs, where students can come in and interact with cats and/or dogs to help alleviate…
So you can find out whether you carry a cancer Gene in you
Who carries a particular Gene, it gets untreated, 100 percent of colorectal cancer. Another Gene with a high probability of breast cancer. A death sentence, but it is not. On the contrary, he Who knows his inherited risk, may, at an early stage to the defence. Many still remember the…
Long work hours associated with increased risk of stroke
People who worked long hours had a higher risk of stroke, especially if they worked those hours for 10 years or more, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke. Researchers reviewed data from CONSTANCES, a French population-based study group started in 2012, for information on age…
How stress leads to Facebook addiction
Friends on social media such as Facebook can be a great source of comfort during periods of stress. However, if they don’t receive any support offline, stressed users are at risk of developing a pathological dependence on the social networking site — the so-called Facebook addiction. This is the result…
Unpacking the links: Chronic stress, fertility and the ‘hunger hormone’
Researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic stress and reproductive problems, in a pre-clinical study that shines the spotlight on a hunger-triggering hormone. The study suggests high levels of the hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite and is also released during stress, could be harmful to some aspects of reproductive…
Study: Mindfulness may help decrease stress in caregivers of veterans
Mindfulness therapy may be an effective way of mitigating the stress experienced by spouses and other informal caregivers for military veterans, a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois suggests. Kinesiology and community health professor Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo led a pilot study that taught caregivers of veterans in central…
6 Soulful Health Retreats To Kick Start Your New Year
Looking for a restful retreat for both mind and body? To kick start your New Year the right way, we’ve put together a few of the world’s most stunning and rejuvenating destinations on the planet. To find the gorgeous yoga destination that’s just right for you, explore even more traveller-tested…
Exposure to cannabis and stress in adolescence can lead to anxiety disorders in adulthood
A new study conducted on laboratory animals shows that exposure to cannabis and stress during adolescence may lead to long-term anxiety disorders characterized by the presence of pathological fear. The work carried out by the Neuropharmacology Laboratory-NeuroPhar at Pompeu Fabra University, was led by the researchers Fernando Berrendero, now at…