Tag: Stress

ScienceDaily (Dec. 12, 2009) Recent studies show that one in three people suffer from stress and the number is on the rise. But stress isn't a new problem.

While the physiological state wasn't properly named until the 1930s, new research from The University of Western Ontario proves stress has plagued humans for hundreds, and perhaps thousands of years.

The first study of its kind, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, detected the stress hormone cortisol in the hair of ancient Peruvians, who lived between 550 and 1532 A.D.

Because Americans are more likely to adapt to stress than quell it, millions are unaware their heart health is at rick. Chronic stress and coronary heart disease go hand and hand. Its linked to unhealthy cholesterol levels, hypertension, and a host of unhealthy habits that most of us turn to under duress.
Aside from all of this, if you're often in a bad mood it may be time to address your stress.
Studies maintain that hostility may trump the leading predictors of heart disease.

Eight out of 10 Americans are stressed about the economy, and more people are reporting stress-related symptoms such as fatigue and irritability than they were a year ago.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty percent of Americans say they have delayed or postponed medical care, mostly doctor visits, and many said cost was the main reason, according to a survey released on Monday.

The Thomson Reuters survey found 21 percent of U.S. adults expected to have difficulty paying for health insurance or healthcare services in the next three months.

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