Men more likely to take risks when stressed

Men are more likely to take risks such as gambling and smoking when put under stress, according to research. Published in the journal PLoS One, the research, out today, showed stressed women are less likely to make risky choices than men. Full Story: Bigonsandbank.com..

Study finds link between individual stress and adolescent obesity

Stress may indeed be a direct contributor to childhood obesity. That’s according to a new Iowa State University study finding that increased levels of stress in adolescents are associated with a greater likelihood of them being overweight or obese. Forty-seven percent of the teens studied were overweight or obese, but that percentage increased to 56.2 percent among those who were impacted by four or more stressors. Full Story : Physorg.com…..

Job Promotion Can Be Bad For You

British researchers found that when people get promoted, they suffer on average about 10 percent more mental strain and are less likely to find the time to go to the doctor. The study found that those who were promoted reported on average a 20 percent fall in their visits to a doctor following their promotion. The researchers figure this owed to the stress of the new job and the sudden lack of time. Full Story : Livescience.com….

Birth Weight Can Predict Future Health

Boys born small develop poor health later in life, say scientists. But no such problem was seen in low birth weight girls. When they tested child’s response to stress, problem in vascular resistance was observed. Vascular resistance is a property of blood vessels which makes it harder for the blood to be pumped through. This can lead to blood pressure problems in adulthood. After going through public speaking and mental arithmetic test designed to make them nervous, and increase heart-rate, boys who born smaller were more likely to have higher vascular resistance than those born bigger.

Machoism And Alcohol

When it comes to a stressful situation, women and men act differently. Women have greater rates of depression and anxiety disorders while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders.

According to a new study, men tend to consume alcohol when they are stressed or upset. Women feel sad or anxious, which lead to depression and anxiety, and they also tend to think over and over again about their negative emotional state. But men are more likely to distract themselves from negative emotions, and try not to think about these emotions. This can lead to alcohol related disorders.

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Stress and Cervical Cancer

According to the World Health Organization, about 250,000 people world wide suffering from Cervical Cancer die every year. It is the second most common form of cancer among women after breast cancer. A new study revealed that a can reduce her ability to fight off the human papilloma virus or HPV which is one of the factor leads to the development of cervical cancer. A publication in the February issue of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, states strong link between stress and cervical cancer.

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness ~
Richard Carlson

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