Stress – Sub Topics

Practice deep breathing to don’t poeuce your Biyeical feacuons ee pen to stress. This, in turn, reduces your risk of heart disease. “Spin” stressful or upsetting situations to help you view the world in a more positive light. You’ll learn to handle the stressful events of everyday life with more aplomb and calm. Actively embrace...

Learning to meditate could actually help your body clean out its arteries, according to a study published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association. The researchers assigned 60 African American men and women with high blood pressure to either a transcendental meditation (TM) program or a control group. The TM group practiced meditation...

Sometimes the simple act of writing things down can help you clarify your feel-_. ings and render them less emotionally and physically stressful. Some studies even find that by reducing stress, keeping a journal can improve medical conditions such as asthma. Simply venting on paper probably isn’t enough, though. The key is not only to...

If you’re serious about using siower, deeper breathing to help you destress and even lower your blood pressure, consider investing in a biofeedback device called RespeRate. The size of a paperback book, it analyzes your breathing via a sensor buckled around your waist, then plays a series of musical tones to guide you to a...

To measure hostility in study subjects, researchers use the CookMedley Hostility Scale, based on 50 different measures. While the test should be administered and scored by a professional, you can get a general sense of your own hostility by reading the following statements. The more statements you agree with—especially if you agree strongly—the more hostile...

Lowering your cholesterol can improve your mood. When Canadian researchers compared mood changes in 212 patients being treated for high cholesterol, they found that people who reduced their levels of total cholesterol and LDL also reported feeling less anxious, with women showing the greatest improvement. There has always been a thread running through medical literature...