Stress Levels Rise Among UK Workers, Some Turning to Drink to Deal With Their Anxieties

LONDON, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Nearly half (48%) of the adult workers surveyed by Croner are more or much more stressed than 12 months ago.The survey of over 1,200 adult workers carried out by ...

Questions over stress tests

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on Jan. 18 judged "appropriate" the results of the stress tests of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. On Jan. 31, an International Atomic Energy Agency team determined that Japan's stress tests of reactors are "generally consistent" with IAEA safety standards. We beg to disagree ...

Mark C. Russell, Ph.D., ABPP: Underestimating the True Prevalence of War Stress Injury in the Military

Media and official reports on prevalence rates of military war stress injury have focused almost exclusively on escalating rates of well-known war stress injuries such as PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the true impact from war trauma cannot be reduced to a handful of psychiatric diagnoses, as some may want.

To handle stress, focus on what you can control

Managing stress is about taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment and the way you deal with problems. The ultimate goal is a balanced life around personal and pro

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Sheriff's Office looks into death at Circle K

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Vanity can be deadly for a man: Plague of worries so intense it causes stress and heart problems

A new study has found that narcissism, or self-love, is on the rise in men and is causing them to suffer stress-related illnesses such as high blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease.