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Dr. Oz's 25 Greatest Health Tips - Men's Health (article link)

- Foods with bright, rich colors are more than just nice to look at. They're also packed with flavonoids and carotenoids, powerful compounds that bind the damaging free radicals in your body, lowering inflammation.

- Push out your bellows and suck air through your nose until your lungs are full. They'll fill with nitric oxide, a chemical found in the back of your nose that opens up blood vessels. The dose of oxygen will make you feel happier and more alert. This is my secret technique for calming down before a show or a tough stitch in the OR.

New and unexpected mechanism identifies how the brain responds to stress - EurekaAlert (article link)

- Normally, neurons receive different chemical signals that tell them to either switch on or switch off.
- What Bains and colleagues have shown is that stress turns down the activity of KCC2, thus removing the ability of the brake, a chemical known as GABA, to work properly.
- A loss of the brain's ability to slow down may explain some of the harmful, emotional consequences of stress.

Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers - EurekaAlert (article link)

- Work stress was significantly associated with adverse outcomes, including depression and intimate partner abuse.
- Of these, lack of organizational fairness and job dissatisfaction were most strongly correlated with self-reported perceived work stress
- One interesting finding from this study was that officers reporting high work stress and who relied on avoidant coping mechanisms were more than 14 times more likely to report anxiety and more than nine times more likely to report burnout than were officers who did not rely on avoidance as a coping strategy

A good partner relationship as a buffer against stress - EurekAlert (article link)

- About 900 persons took part in her survey, the relationship reduces the negative effects of this kind of stress on our health.
- A positive approach and successful stress-management techniques also help to reduce the negative effects of work-related stress
- But when there are stressful experiences both at work and in the relationship, the risk of burn-out and poor health increases dramatically
- If there is no opportunity to recover the body's reserves are emptied, and poor health ensues.

Use of cannabinoids could help PTSD patients - EurekAlert (article link)

- Dr. Akirav and Ganon-Elazar also examined hormonal changes in the course of the experiment and found that synthetic marijuana prevents increased release of the stress hormone that the body produces in response to stress.
- According to Dr. Akirav, the results of this study show that cannabinoids can play an important role in stress-related disorders. "The results of our research should encourage psychiatric investigation into the use of cannabinoids in post-traumatic stress patients," she concludes.

New research links social stress to harmful fat deposits, heart disease - EurekAlert (article link)

The researchers found that the stress of social subordination results in the release of stress hormones that promote the deposition of fat in the viscera, in turn, promotes coronary artery atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels that leads to heart disease, the leading cause of death in the world today.
- Researchers found that the monkeys with high social stress and larger amounts of visceral fat also had ovaries that produced fewer protective hormones.
- Women who are hormone-deficient will develop more atherosclerosis and be at greater risk of developing coronary heart disease and other diseases such as osteoporosis and cognitive impairment
- obesity is directly related to lower socioeconomic status, as is heart disease. fewer resources to buffer from the stresses more likely to experience such health problems

Severe stress can cause stroke - EurekAlert (article link)

- Many patients urgently admitted to hospital with cerebral infarction state that they were under great stress over a prolonged period prior to suffering their stroke, is shown in a unique patient study
- "We found an independent link between self-perceived psychological stress and stroke. A new finding was that the link between stress and stroke varies between different types of cerebral infarction," says Jood.
- On the other hand, the researchers could not see any independent correlation with stress for those patients who had had a stroke due to a blood clot from the heart.

 

Serious stress causes strokes - EurekAlert (article link)

- The patients were split into stressed (permanent stress for 1 year or greater) and non-stressed (never stressed or infrequent periods of stress) groups. When this was compared with stroke incidence and the type, there was a strong correlation between prolonged stress and large vessel disease, small vessel disease and cryptogenic stroke.

Stress puts double whammy on reproductive system, fertility - EurekAlert (article link)

- Stress hormones not only lower GnRH, but boost a recently identified suppressor of GnRH
- The common thread appears to be the glucocorticoid stress hormones, which not only suppress GnRH but boost the suppressor GnIH - a double whammy for the reproductive system.

The new research shows that stress also increases brain levels of a reproductive hormone named gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone, or GnIH, discovered nine years ago in birds and known to be present in humans and other mammals. This small protein hormone, a so-called RFamide-related peptide (RFRP), puts the brakes on reproduction by directly inhibiting GnRH.

New evidence that dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress - EurekAlert (article link)

- It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances.
- In the study, scientists identified reductions in stress hormones and other stress-related biochemical changes in volunteers who rated themselves as highly stressed and ate dark chocolate for two weeks. "The study provides strong evidence that a daily consumption of 40 grams [1.4 ounces] during a period of 2 weeks is sufficient to modify the metabolism of healthy human volunteers," the scientists say.

Isolation and stress identified as contributing to breast cancer risk - EurekAlert (article link)

- The researchers found that isolation and stress result in a 3.3-fold increase in the risk of developing cancer among rats with naturally occurring mammary tumors.
- The researchers further found that rats living in isolation experienced a 135 percent increase in the number of tumors and a more than 8,000 percent increase in their size.
- The research establishes, for the first time, that isolation and stress could be a factor in human breast cancer risk

Cancer    Tips to Boost Immune System

How Love Keeps You Healthy: it can fight disease, boost immunity, and lower stress - Prevention (article link)

A new study from the University of Iowa found that ovarian cancer patients with a strong sense of connection to others and satisfying relationships had more vigorous "natural killer" cell activity at the site of the tumor than those who didn't have those social ties. (These desirable white blood cells kill cancerous cells as part of the body's immune system.)

Researchers can't say for sure that romance trumps an affectionate family or warm friendships when it comes to wellness. But they are homing in on how sex, kinship, and caring all seem to make us stronger, with health gains that range from faster healing and better control over chronic illnesses to living longer.

Michelle Obama's Secrets to a Happy, Healthy Life - Prevention (article link)

The First Lady’s number one health rule: Give yourself permission to be happy. Here she shares the eating habits, fitness routine, and secrets for inner confidence that she hopes to pass on to her daughters and the nation.

- Throughout my life, I’ve learned to make choices that make me happy and make sense for me.

Sex and the Brain - Men's Health (article link)

When you spot the object of your desire, the neurotransmitter dopamine lights up areas deep within the brain, triggering feelings of pleasure, motivation, and reward. (Cocaine acts the same way.) You feel a rush, and your heartbeat quickens. Attraction, too, is a powerful drug.

The brain stem also gets into the act, releasing phenylethylamine (PEA), which speeds up the flow of information between nerve cells.

Smells That Boost Your Health - Prevention (article link)

It also explains how odor can help lower stress levels, improve mental and physical performance, ease pain, end insomnia, and even help us lose weight, research shows.

- Certain scents can help memory, mood, energy, and libido
- Aromatherapy can help you lower stress and fight depression

Food Science Michael Pollan: Food Addictions and Health - iReport (video)

(Tobacco Corporation’s nicotine and Food Corporation’s glucose fructose corn syrup super sugars)

- The U.S. obesity epidemic

The intent is to systematically destabilize and confuse victims with irrational threatening behavior - (news flash)

Often, emotional abuse builds over a long period of time until it becomes so unbearable that victims lash out in frustration and anger, only to appear unstable and aggressive themselves.

This, according to Hirigoyen, is the intent of many abusers: to systematically "destabilize" and confuse their victims (with irrational, threatening behavior that preys on the victim's fears and self-doubts), to isolate and control them and ultimately to destroy their identity. - psychiatrist Marie-France Hirigoyen, author of Le harcèlement moral

Terry Tate Office Linebacker office humor - YouTube (video)

Terry Tate Office Linebacker tackles employees at the office

stress and stess management: laughter and humor

Tell Your Friends

Do not isolate yourself or let yourself be isolated. People, bullies, or organizations that use psychological harassment or criminal psychological harassment usually fear being exposed, so tell your friends and authorities.

Cancer rates worry S.F. firefighters - MSNBC (video)

An alarming increase in reported cases of cancer has San Francisco firefighters concerned. KN TV's

immune system nutrition: toxins and dioxin        Cancer

Apple launches iPad, will iPad save the planet, old media? - CNN (video)

Save a tree, save the planet, save the old print media.

iTunes the seller and distributor of music, podcasts, TV shows, and movies could also become a new print media distribution format or distributor similar to the amazon kindle.

Student's suicide attributed to bullying - MSNBC (video)

Massachusetts principal vows to crack down on a culture of bullying after a freshman girl's  suicide.

bullying

Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at the top 10 foods for your heart - CNN (video)

A good video on Nutrition and the top 10 foods for your heart from CNN.

immune system tips

PTSD - Survivors of Flight 1549 talk about PTSD, Dr S Gupta - CNN (video)

PTSD - "when treating PTSD something people often rely on is immersion therapy, taking people back to the site of the trauma..."

-- linked to fear and deconditioning --

the cortisol and ptsd weapon

Coercive Mind Control Tactics - Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D

Terminology note:

Today Mind control or brainwashing in Academia is commonly referred to as coercive persuasion, coercive psychological systems or coercive influence. The short description below comes from Dr. Margaret Singer professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley the acknowledged leading authority in the world on mind control and cults.

a short overview

Coercion is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as

1. To force to act or think in a certain manner
2. To dominate, restrain, or control by force
3. To bring about by force.

Coercive psychological systems are behavioral change programs which use psychological force in a coercive way to cause the learning and adoption of an ideology or designated set of beliefs, ideas, attitudes, or behaviors. The essential strategy used by the operators of these programs is to systematically select, sequen...

Mind games tricks to boost your memory - MSNBC (video)

A video on how to improve your brain and memory with different games and food.

the brain

Economic stress could lead to mental breakdowns - MSNBC (video)

Economic strains could increase the risk of mental breakdowns. - tips on preventing depression -

stress and stress management

Spike in suicide calls due to economy - MSNBC (article link)

WASHINGTON - Economic woes are weighing heavily on some Americans — so much so that the federal government is boosting financial support for suicide prevention centers around the nation.

depression and suicide prevention

Cortisol can inhibit brain cells - MSNBC (article link)

Researchers speculate that their more resilient brains may be due to lower levels of cortisol — studies show that oversecretion of this "stress hormone" can inhibit brain cells' communication. Science-backed ways to cut cortisol levels: Meditate, sip black tea, or take a nap.

stress and stress management

The Brain and Long-Lasting Stress - (news flash)

When stress is long-lasting, the engine of inflammation can run without end. Over the long term, inflammatory molecules can "spill into the brain, where they may cause apathy, social withdrawal, fatigue, and changes in eating habits.