Is Stress the Cause of Cancer?

How can you live a stress-free life and prevent cancer and other health problems? By learning to manage your cortisol stress hormone levels and by putting the mental/emotional stress in your life in the proper perspective. Once you know how to balance the physical...

Religion Protects Against Depression

A thickening of the cerebral cortex associated with regular spiritual or religious practices could be the reason those activities guard against depression — particularly in people who are predisposed to the disease, according to new research at the Spirituality...

Stress, Loneliness and Boredom – Emotional Eating

Almost half of adults turn to food to stifle feelings of boredom, loneliness and stress, research suggests. A British survey of 43% of adults found they eat to change a negative mood. But 25% feel guilty after eating and another 25% feel if they become thinner they...

Metabolic Syndrome Affects Mental Health

A study found that older people who have metabolic syndrome, a group of cardiovascular risk factors, had a 20 percent higher risk of cognitive impairment compared to people without the syndrome. Metabolic syndrome doesn’t refer to any single type of metabolic disease,...

Stress Ages Your Cells

A new finding may explain how stress could ultimately lead to premature aging. Chronic psychological stress is associated with accelerated shortening of the caps, called telomeres, on the ends of chromosomes in white blood cells – which causes them to die more quickly...