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October 28, 2015

How being in a relationship can affect your health

When you’re officially off the market and settled into a comfortable relationship, you may be more apt to let yourself go— to wear sweatpants and eat ice cream on the couch with your significant other.

October 28, 2015

Extreme stress may convert fat into calorie-burning machine

Severe stress may cause ordinary white fat cells to morph into energy-burning brown fat, new research suggests

October 28, 2015

Women sleep more, but wake up feeling worse than men

For women who sleep long hours but wake up cursing the day, there's an app for that—or at least an app that corroborates your experience.

October 28, 2015

Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate

A team of scientists said on Friday they had found "robust evidence" that a condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a biological as opposed to a psychological disorder, but some experts questioned the findings.

October 28, 2015

Germanwings crash: Mental illness alone does not explain co-pilot's behavior, experts say

Investigators may never know exactly why Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz carried out what is believed to have been a deliberate plane crash in the French Alps on Tuesday, but mental health experts say that any mental illness that Lubitz may have had is just one possible contributor to the tragedy.

October 28, 2015

The power of positivity: How banishing negative thoughts helped me beat pancreatic cancer, twice

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal human diseases known to man.

October 28, 2015

Sugary drinks may reduce stress levels, study suggests

Sugar-sweetened beverages like soda or juice can reduce stress responses in the brain while diet aspartame-sweetened drinks do not, a study from The University of California suggests.

October 28, 2015

Stress may be ‘caught’ from social media, study says

Social media users beware — connecting with people online could be damaging to your health.

October 28, 2015

Nondirective meditation helps brain process memories and emotions, study says

Meditation is often promoted as a solution for stress –  and now new research shows that allowing the mind to wander during meditation may help the brain process memories and emotions, Medical Daily reported.

October 28, 2015

Hypnosis as therapy for anxiety, stress

Thanks to on-stage brainwashing sessions and movies featuring disgruntled workers taking a baseball bat to the printer (Office Space, anyone?), hypnosis has a rep for being little more than pure entertainment.