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Stress is often described as a feeling of being overwhelmed, worried or run-down. Stress can affect people of all ages, genders and circumstances and can lead to both physical and psychological health issues. By definition, stress is any uncomfortable "emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes." Some stress can be beneficial at times, producing a boost that provides the drive and energy to help people get through situations like exams or work deadlines. However, an extreme amount of stress can have health consequences and adversely affect the immune, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and central nervous systems.
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FEB 07, 2017Health & Medicine
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There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA. ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2017
Health & Medicine
Doctors have long advised women born with complex congenital heart defects not to get pregnant due to the detrimental ef
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Health & Medicine
No, electronic cigarettes are not a “healthy” alternative to traditional tobacco smoking, and new research c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2017
Videos
Is your brain stressed? A new study shows that an amygdala that becomes overactive due to chronic stress can cause eleva
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2017
Videos
A new study by investigators at Arizona State University has indicated that medications affecting gut microbes resulting
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Videos
Last night I woke up to banging and realized that a man was outside my bedroom window trying to break the lock to steal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Grain sorghum is a grass plant crop grown for food grain, animal feed, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofue
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Glyphosate Exposure Causes Liver Disease in Rats
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are divided into specialized organelles that perform specific functions. The proper function of a healthy cell dep
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coli
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some inexplicable, unfathomable reason, Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been advising women to put jade eggs in their v
...
JAN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2017
Neuroscience
With many conditions, there are other medical issues that present at the same time. Someone with one kind of illness, mi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Acid reflux is common during pregnancy, but scientists are starting to get concerned about a potential link between medi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of symptoms, syndromes and disorders that are all r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2017
Videos
Whenever you have fish to eat, you probably don't eat the skin because it's scaly. On the other hand, physicists may hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2017
Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 02, 2017
Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chemists working at the University of Oregon have created a new kind of molecule with the aim that when broken down by t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2016
Cancer
An experimental drug that was originally intended to work for male contraception may also work to shrink testicular canc
...
DEC 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch