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Of course you're stressed. Just look at you.
We all know the face of stress: the clenched jaw, the furrowed brow, the intense stare. And, really, it's not a bad look. We all do some of our best work under pressure. Adrenaline and other stress hormones give us the kick start we need to meet deadlines...
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Straight men more stressed, depressed than gay men, study says
A Canadian study on anxiety and sexual orientation suggests that heterosexual men suffer more depression and higher levels of stress than gay and bisexual men. The study, published Monday in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, involved 87 men and...
Tags: Montreal (Canada), Canada, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Anxiety
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Getting your baby to sleep
Few topics get as much airtime with new parents as the subject of sleep, or lack thereof, and few topics are as polemic as sleep training. Los Angeles is home to some of the country's most noted pediatricians, but they don't all agree on how, when or even...
Tags: Authors, Science and Technology, Pediatrics, Psychology, Drugs and Medicines
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Happy Take Your Dog To Work Day!
L.A. UnleashedIt's that time of year again: Take Your Dog To Work Day, an annual event founded by the group Pet Sitters International in 1999. Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the human-animal bond and promote pet...... -
Try This: Deep breathing in the eagle pose
Yogis know that breathing is more than a necessity, it's a luxury, especially in times of stress. Just five minutes of deep breathing can calm your mind and diminish the stress-related cortisol hormone coursing through your body. What it does The...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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It's not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may determine whether you keep the weight off — or slowly but...
Tags: Physiology, Obesity, Medical Research, Low Fat Diet, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Put your stress on vacation
Got stress?
If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?)
But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you're likely heartened by the arrival of vacation season. Just the ticket for a little...Tags: Psychology, Behavioral Conditions, Philosophy, Education, Religion and Belief
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Division of duty is the name of the brain game
You may be lazing by the pool after a visit or two to the swim-up bar, but parts of your brain are always on duty — ready to leap into action should a stressful event require attention.
This skeleton crew of sorts is called the default-mode...Tags: Surgery, Hormones and Metabolism
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Stress hormones for phobias? An idea so crazy, it just might work!
The hormone that triggers a pounding heart, clammy hands and a sense of impending danger is not the first thing you might think of to help a person overcome his deepest fears. But a study published Tuesday found that acrophobic subjects who took cortisol ...Tags: Spider (animal), Behavioral Conditions, Placebo, Medical Research, Stress
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Irreconcilable differences at the end of the day: Men, women and housework
Men, it's your health and happiness or hers. Women, it's your health and happiness or his. At the end of the day, if there's housework to be done (and there's always housework to be done) and you’re both employed (as almost 52% of married couples...Tags: Connecticut College, Psychology, Happiness (state of mind), Health and Medical Professionals, Education
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Q&A: Before her Thursday book signing, Kate Somerville gives us her spring skin-care tips
All The RageSkin-care tycoon Kate Somerville, who boasts more celebrity presence at her Melrose Place skin clinic than the Ivy's front patio, will be heading to Neiman Marcus Topanga on Thursday to sign copies of her new book, "Complexion Perfection!: Your Ultimate..... -
Book review: 'My New American Life' by Francine Prose
Special to the Los Angeles TimesMy New American Life A Novel Francine Prose Harper: 306 pp., $25.99 Early in her writing life, Francine Prose developed an unmistakable voice: sharp, ironic, intelligent, uncompromising. Using this voice the way a miner uses a headlamp, she has...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Book, Anxiety, Albania
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