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Family environment affects children's hormonal response to stress

Thursday, 21 February 2008 8:02 A GMT+01
A study conducted on 346 19-month-old twins reveals that the genetic and environmental bases of hormonal response to stress depend on the context in which a child grows up.

Early life traumas can permanently alter response to psychological stress

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 8:20 A GMT+01
Researchers have known for years that psychological trauma that results in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression can change how a person responds to stress.

Psychological stress triggers Alzheimer's plaque formation

Thursday, 1 November 2007 8:42 A GMT+01
Collaborative research between German, Portugese and British scientists suggests that psychological stress contributes directly to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Social anxiety video game cuts players' stress hormone levels

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:27 A GMT+01
A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress hormone cortisol.

Adult offspring of mothers with PTSD have low stress hormone levels

Tuesday, 4 September 2007 9:23 A GMT+01
A small study suggests that adults whose parents are Holocaust survivors with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to have lower average levels of the stress hormone cortisol than the adult offspring of parents without PTSD,

Children become stressed months before starting school

Saturday, 1 September 2007 9:29 A GMT+01
The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends but according to new research children show signs of stress three to six months before term even starts.

Chronic stress increases Alzheimer gene linked memory loss

Tuesday, 28 August 2007 9:26 A GMT+01
High stress levels may contribute to memory loss among people at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. The e4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene contributes to the risk for memory loss related to Alzheimer's disease.

Persistent anxiety in children linked to high morning cortisol levels

Wednesday, 15 August 2007 9:28 A GMT+01
MedWire News: Children with persistent anxiety problems have higher morning cortisol levels and cortisol awakening response than children without anxiety, Dutch researchers report.

Stress hormone linked to gum disease

Friday, 10 August 2007 12:38 P GMT+01
57% of the studies included in the review showed a positive relationship between periodontal diseases and psychological factors such as stress, distress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Major Depression linked to both hypo- and hypercortisolemia

Saturday, 9 June 2007 9:54 A GMT+01
MedWire News: Late-life major depression is associated with both high and low, but not normal, levels of plasma cortisol, suggest Dutch researchers. "Our findings may indicate that in the elderly, depression is associated with an imbalance in stress

Stress in pregnancy may affect the fetus

Thursday, 31 May 2007 8:11 A GMT+01
Stress experienced by a woman during pregnancy may have an effect on her unborn child, most likely mediated by the transfer of stress hormones across the placenta.

Diabetes complicates depression and anxiety therapy

Wednesday, 21 March 2007 7:13 A GMT+01
News reports of an epidemic of diabetes are not exaggerated: An estimated 21 million Americans are affected with the metabolic disorder. Many will require psychiatric care.twice as likely as the general population to suffer fro

9/11 imposes huge anxiety burden on bereaved children

Tuesday, 20 March 2007 8:22 A GMT+01
The rate of psychiatric illness among children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack doubled - from about 32 to nearly 73 percent - in the years following the event,

Salivary cortisol levels may be a biomarker for late-life GAD

Wednesday, 7 March 2007 5:19 A GMT+01
Salivary cortisol levels, a measure of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function, may be a biomarker of disease and treatment response in late-life generalized anxiety disorder (GAD),

Traumatic stress can damage childrens' brains

Monday, 5 March 2007 8:21 A GMT+01
Severe stress can damage a child's brain, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Abstract: Stress predicts brain changes in children

Saturday, 3 March 2007 8:01 A GMT+01
Does stress damage the brain? Studies of adults with posttraumatic stress disorder have demonstrated smaller hippocampal volumes when compared with the volumes of adults with no posttraumatic stress disorder.

Hormone may reduce emotional impact of acute stress

Tuesday, 13 February 2007 6:26 A GMT+01
German researchers have found additional evidence that the stress hormone cortisol can have positive effects in certain situations.

Prenatal alcohol exposure may increase infants' response to stress

Tuesday, 28 November 2006 6:10 A GMT+01
New findings published in the December issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research indicate that the days between conception and pregnancy recognition may be critical for the development of stress-response systems among infants

Sex hormones separate women from men in their reactions to stress

Tuesday, 14 November 2006 8:41 A GMT+01
A study of healthy women has harvested results involving fatigue and vigor that eventually may help researchers fine tune efforts to treat a multitude of illnesses and syndromes linked to low levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

Overactive brain endorphin system linked to depression

Tuesday, 7 November 2006 6:47 A GMT+01
A new brain study finds major differences between women with serious depression and healthy women in a brain-chemical system that's crucial to stress and emotions.

Massage may bring stress relief to infants

Tuesday, 7 November 2006 6:46 A GMT+01
A new review of studies suggests health infants can get the same stress-relieving benefits from massage as do adults.

The sad, lonely or overwhelmed get morning stress hormone boost

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 6:46 A GMT+01
A new study that takes a look at the physiological, social and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences in real-life settings shows when older adults go to bed lonely, sad or overwhelmed, they have elevated levels of cortisol shortly after waking

Cortisol and seasonal changes in mood and behavior

Friday, 27 October 2006 8:50 A GMT+01
Whoever wishes to pursue the science of medicine in a direct manner must first investigate the seasons of the year and what occurs in them. —Hippocrates

Not treating depression during pregnancy affects baby

Friday, 27 October 2006 8:50 A GMT+01
Although antidepressants may have an effect on fetuses in utero, so may the lack of the drug during pregnancy. Babies born to women with untreated major depressive disorder had significant changes in neurobehavioral function,

Beat stress, drink tea

Thursday, 5 October 2006 7:28 A GMT+01
Daily cups of tea can help you recover more quickly from the stresses of everyday life, according to a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers.

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