Scientific Link Between Stress and Difficulty Becoming Pregnant
New research suggests that stress may affect a woman’s fecundability, or her probability of achieving a pregnancy within a menstrual cycle. The study will be…
New research suggests that stress may affect a woman’s fecundability, or her probability of achieving a pregnancy within a menstrual cycle. The study will be…
A study finds that gardening can improve your mental health. Many long-time gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. According to…
There’s an epidemic in Western countries — one few people are aware of. It’s an epidemic of visceral fat, a deep kind of fat that…
Effects are comparable to those of going to actual art galleries or even being in nature. Visits to art galleries and museums can have a…
Many people experience extremely high levels of stress and anxiety. What do you do when work pressures, family pressures, and financial pressures come together to…
When you experience chronic stress, forgiving is easier. The relationship between personality authenticity (the ability to be oneself) and the ability to forgive under various…
Low to moderate levels of stress may help build resilience while reducing the risk of mental illness. Stress is often thought of as entirely bad,…
Pregnant women who experience stress throughout their pregnancy may have behavioral issues in their unborn kid, although this is less common if they have a…
UCI-led research ties exposure to hurricanes to worsened mental health A groundbreaking study conducted by experts at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) found a…
Stress boosts a kind of sleep that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research using mice that also pinpoints the mechanism responsible. Since sleep is…
Evaluating a new method of therapy for autistic individuals The use of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder was evaluated in…
Scream sound exposure linked to lower egg count in an experiment on female rats. Approximately 1 in 8 couples or about 6.7 million Americans have…
How the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown influenced our creativity COVID-19 caught us off guard, and the unusual circumstances of the initial lockdown demanded extraordinary adaptability,…
Scientists have identified a form of chemical signaling in mice to defend their offspring. The researchers, from McGill University, found that proximity to pregnant and…
Women who embraced their romantic partner subsequently had lower stress-induced cortisol response. But partner embrace did not buffer the response to stress for men. Women…
Women’s elevated anxiety, depression, and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, subsequently resulting in reduced cognitive development in their offspring at…
Can immersing yourself in cold be beneficial to your health? Cold water therapy, or cold immersion, is what it sounds like: immersing yourself in cold…
Emotions powerfully affect our health. Witness a heart attack-mimicking condition that’s become known as “broken heart syndrome.” UW Medicine Heart Institute cardiologist April Stempien-Otero sees a…