Spiritual Healing
* As we snooze, our brain is busily processing the information we have learned during the day.
* Sleep makes memories stronger, and it even appears to weed out irrelevant details and background information so that only the important pieces remain.
* Our brain also works during slumber to find hidden relations among memories and to solve problems we were working on while awake.
The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck -- and the back and the head and the stomach -- for millions of Americans.
When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they're much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. And not just little stuff; this means ulcers, severe depression, even heart attacks.
#1: Feed your brain
# Look for low-calorie foods with lots of "crunch,"
# Don't use food to "self-medicate".
# Avoid excessive stimulants like caffeine or guarana.
# Nutrients like folate, vitamins B6 and B12 play a role in proper brain function, and might stave off depression.
Just six minutes "shut-eye" for volunteers was followed by significantly better recall of words, New Scientist magazine reported.
A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes the majority of cervical cancer cases, say scientists.
Night-time noise from aircraft or traffic raises blood pressure even while people sleep, a study suggests.
Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports.
A stressful job has a direct biological impact on the body, raising the risk of heart disease, research has indicated.
The finding is of especial importance to dieters and might explain why some people go off their diets.
When one of the orang-utans displayed an open, gaping mouth, its playmate would often display the same expression less than half a second later.
Adolescent boys who "relax" in the evening after doing their homework by playing a heart-pounding computer game may have trouble sleeping and remembering what they just learned, new research hints.
About 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. A Harvard Medical School study estimated the annual cost to the U.S. economy in 1999 at roughly $42 billion.
Afternoon naps appear to help lower blood pressure, a beneficial effect that does not occur with resting but remaining awake for the same period of time, study findings show.
Your heart is racing, your head is pounding, your knuckles are white from gripping the steering wheel, and the worst part is, you haven't even gotten to work yet. Unfortunately this is an everyday occurrence for millions of Americans who make a long, and often times, very stressful commute to work.
One-third of Americans in this survey described themselves as extremely stressed. About half said the situation had worsened over the last five years. In response, many do things that are plainly not good for them. They smoke, they drink, they eat junk food, all to excess. They feel fatigued, and get headaches. Why, some become so disoriented that they talk to pollsters.
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