Stress causing men, women problems with sex: survey

The mounting stress in life has caused as high as 70 per cent of male adults in Taiwan to feel that they are not up to a decent performance in bed while around 66 per cent of females expressed dissatisfaction with their sex life, according to a survey released yesterday.

Chronic Social Stress Linked to Obesity

Everyday stress can cause metabolic changes that, in the long run, contribute to obesity, according to a recent study by the departments of psychiatry and biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Science has long documented that during extreme stress, such as in the experience of war or traumatic grief, victims tend to [...]

Hair-Raising Study Proves Link Between Stress And Heart Attack

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – It’s been common knowledge that everyday stress causes and increased chance of heart attack. However, before now there hasn’t been any biological proof of this hypothesis.Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have discovered the first evidence using a biological marker to link stress and heart attacks. Dr. Gideon Koren and Dr. Stan Vam Uum developed a method to ...

Tips for dealing with college stress

By Jason Koole Western Herald The life of a college student usually consists of papers, assignments and due dates for everything. The due dates can cause students to become stressed. “Stress is a normal physical response to life; if we didn’t have stress, we wouldn’t be able to function,” said Dave Jones, coordinator for Sexual [...]

Animal Model Strengthens Link Between Everyday Stress And Obesity

Stress can take a daily toll on us that has broad physical and psychological implications. Science has long documented the effect of extreme stress, such as war, injury or traumatic grief on humans. Typically, such situations cause victims to decrease their food intake and body weight. Recent studies, however, tend to suggest that social stress--public speaking, tests, job and relationship ...

DaytimeDial: Chris gets a heart

ALL MY CHILDREN: Liza had her hands full as the new D.A. after someone died of unnatural causes at the party.

New NFB film examines stress on children of soldiers in Afghanistan

MONTREAL - Stress. Worry their dad will be killed by the Taliban. Long absences. More responsibilities. Coping with their father's post-traumatic stress disorder.