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Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today
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'Fear Circuitry' In The Brain Over-Active In Combat Veterans Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to stressful tasks, such as recalling a traumatic event or reacting to a photo of a threatening face...
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Music Therapy Appears To Help Reduce Anxiety, Use Of Sedatives For Patients Receiving Ventilator Support
Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity compared with usual care, according to a study published online by JAMA...
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Job Stress, How Fatty Acids Are Metabolised In The Body And Associated Heart Disease Risk
Spanish researchers have studied how job stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that alters the levels of lipids and lipoproteins in the blood...
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Preterm Infants Benefit From Massage Therapy
It seems that even for the smallest of people, a gentle massage may be beneficial. Newborn intensive care units (NICUs) are stressful environments for preterm infants; mechanical ventilation, medical procedures, caregiving activities and maternal separation create these stressful conditions...
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Cannabinoid Receptors Linked To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Findings Bring First Pharmaceutical Treatment For PTSD Within Reach
In a first-of-its-kind effort to illuminate the biochemical impact of trauma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a connection between the quantity of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, known as CB1 receptors, and post-traumatic stress disorder, the chronic, disabling condition that can plague trauma victims with flashbacks, nightmares and emotional instability...
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Kava Successfully Treats Anxiety In World First Clinical Trial
A world-first completed clinical study by an Australian team has found Kava, a medicinal South Pacific plant, significantly reduced the symptoms of people suffering anxiety...
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Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease Increased By Job Stress, Unhealthy Lifestyle
People with job stress and an unhealthy lifestyle are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than people who have job stress but lead healthy lifestyles, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
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Emotional Strategies Can Influence Anxiety
When trouble approaches, what do you do? Run for the hills? Hide? Pretend it isn't there? Or do you focus on the promise of rain in those looming dark clouds? New research suggests that the way you regulate your emotions, in bad times and in good, can influence whether - or how much - you suffer from anxiety. The study appears in the journal Emotion...
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Study Examines Use Of Creative Arts Therapies Among Patients With Cancer
JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Creative arts therapies (CATs) can improve anxiety, depression, pain symptoms and quality of life among cancer patients, although the effect was reduced during follow-up in a study by Timothy W. Puetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues...
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Job Stress And Unhealthy Lifestyle Increase Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease Compared With Stress And Healthy Lifestyle
People with job stress and an unhealthy lifestyle are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than people who have job stress but lead healthy lifestyles, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
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