Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/anxiety/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/125010.php The Priory Group has issued a list of top ten indicators for stressed City executives which should act as warning signs that professional help should be sought. As the global economy goes into meltdown, experts at the Priory Group are coping with escalating levels of depression and related conditions amongst staff in the financial sector, also leading to a rise in people seeking treatment for drink and drug abuse. Psychology / Psychiatry Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124980.php Despite anxiety and stress being one of today's most common disorders, it is regularly under diagnosed by medical professionals. Most of us experience occasional feelings of anxiety -- muscle tension, headache, nausea, fatigue, or trembling -- before important events such as exams, public speaking, first dates, or during times of stress such as a divorce, job change or a change in residence. Anxiety / Stress Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124919.php Rising unemployment rates, the worst Wall Street crises since the end of World War II, record home foreclosures. There is plenty of stress to go around. What effect is stress having on our health and what can we do about it? "Prolonged stress, both emotional and physical, impacts the overall cardiovascular status of our patients, particularly their blood pressure," said Keith Churchwell, M.D., executive medical director of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute. Cardiovascular / Cardiology Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124809.php Many women know the overwhelmed feeling caused by too much to do and too little time. Better time management can help you do more. And it has health benefits, such as less stress and a better quality of life. The October issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers tips to improve time management. The recommendation is to try one strategy for two to four weeks to see if it helps. If it does, add another. If not, try a different one. Anxiety / Stress Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124785.php Ute Lawrence is a survivor of one of the most horrific car pile-ups in Canadian history, involving 87 vehicles and killing eight people. The trauma changed her life, bringing personal distress and the end of her 22-years as a magazine publisher. Anxiety / Stress Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124680.php Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical illnesses. The study's findings are published online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/ and in the medical journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Psychology / Psychiatry Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124597.php The declining state of the Nation's economy is taking a physical and emotional toll on all people nationwide, yet financial stress is impacting women and Hispanics in particular, according to data from the American Psychological Association's newly released 2008 Stress in America survey. Anxiety / Stress Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124485.php Pregnant women who are stressed, particularly late in pregnancy, have an increased risk of their child going on to develop asthma. So finds a British study conducted on a cohort of over 5,800 families and presented in Berlin at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Very anxious pregnant women are 65% more likely to have a child who later develops asthma than mothers with a lower level of anxiety. Anxiety / Stress Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124336.php Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers from the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, randomly assigned 116 pregnant women to a music group and 120 to a control group. Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124212.php Despite performing equally to their male peers in the classroom and the clinic, female medical students consistently report decreased self-confidence and increased anxiety, particularly over issues related to their competency. A new study published in the September 2008 issue of Patient Education and Counseling found that female medical students also appeared less confident to patients. Medical Students / Training Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124025.php Americans are feeling more stress than they did six months ago, according to a new national stress study. The survey of 1,000 men and women, ages 18 and older, revealed that 47 percent of respondents currently feel more stress than they did six months ago. And no surprise, the #1 source of stress reported is personal finance concerns, the top response for almost half (49%) of those surveyed. Anxiety / Stress Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123970.php Deployed peacekeeping veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have significant impairments in health-related quality of life according to research by Dr. J. Donald Richardson of The University of Western Ontario and his co-investigators. Anxiety / Stress Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123955.php According to the Mood Disorder Society of Canada, about 1.3 million Canadians suffer from depression. University of Alberta researcher Ian Colman says most people are not getting the type of treatment they need. Colman, an assistant professor from the School of Public Health, and his research team decided to perform a study to see the long term effects of taking antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications. Depression Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123800.php UK researchers discovered that antisocial behaviour may have a biological basis rooted in the inability of some male adolescents to have normal stress responses that help regulate circulating levels of the stress hormone cortisol causing them to behave less cautiously and with more anger and impulsiveness at times of stress. Anxiety / Stress Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123669.php "Mental health services in Somerset will see further investment and improvements to both community and inpatient services in the coming year;" that was the pledge from managers of the county's mental health trust. Mental Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123579.php Somewhere between the tanking economy, the 150 daily emails coming into your Blackberry and the cut-throat working environment, it's nearly impossible to stay calm. Todd Oretsky, a recovering Wall Street attorney, knows more than his fair share of how a stressful work situation can wreak havoc on your health and personal life. Anxiety / Stress Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123439.php America's financial crises is fueling chronic stress and limiting some people's ability to think clearly, control emotions and regulate bodily functions in a healthy manner. University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Josh Klapow, Ph.D., says now is the time to take control of emotions and better regulate the mind-body stress response. Psychology / Psychiatry Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123334.php Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, increased levels of destructive stress hormones, heart problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide, University at Buffalo researchers have found through a decade of studies of police officers. Anxiety / Stress Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123178.php An estimated 35.1 million Americans live in "food insecure" households, meaning that at some time during the previous year they were unable to obtain or were uncertain of having enough food to fulfill their basic needs. Consequently, many of those people seek aid from federal sources including the Food Stamp Program. Nutrition / Diet Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123097.php The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) has found that more people are turning to traditional acupuncture to alleviate symptoms caused by the emotional strains of everyday life. A recent survey reveals that the tolls of the 21st century are affecting younger people with under-40s seeking traditional acupuncture treatment for emotional issues such as depression, stress and anxiety. Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123055.php People with fragile X syndrome, as well as those who carry the gene, are likely to have additional conditions that include attention problems and anxiety, according to a study by researchers at RTI International. The study, published in the Aug. 15 issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics, surveyed more than 1,000 parents of children who either had fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability, or were a carrier of the disease. ADHD Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123061.php It is the storm damage that people often don't talk about--mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder that strike in the wake of a catastrophic experience. Post-trauma mental conditions are one of many mental disorders that affect some 57.7 million Americans in any given year, according to the Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122857.php During tough financial times, many people try to demonstrate their value at work by working harder and longer. But, if you don't also make time to take care of yourself, success may come at a hefty cost: your health. "Many people feel like they have to push themselves to unhealthy levels in order to succeed. But high-pressure jobs and long hours take a real toll on your immediate and future health," says George Griffing, M.D. Anxiety / Stress Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122766.php Long-term survivors of adult cancers are almost twice as likely to report psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in social, work or school situations, compared to the general population, according to a large, national study presented September 24, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. Cancer / Oncology Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122526.php Everyone gets stressed, even babies. Now, it appears how infants respond to stress is linked to if they have a particular form of a certain gene, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Just as significantly, researchers say they have also found that good parenting - as early as within the first year of a child's life - can counter the effect the gene has in babies who initially do not respond well to stressful situations. Anxiety / Stress