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Chronic Stress May Help Cause Depression
WXIX - (HealthDay News) — Having a baby is a big adjustment in a woman's life, and she may experience fatigue, irritability and unexplained emotional swings, including crying. But if those symptoms don't go away within the first few weeks after giving

Ready or not, hurricanes will find us along the Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola News Journal - I used to love the summertime. One of my favorite games on a warm night was Hide-n-Go Seek. Everyone would hide except the one person picked to find the others. He'd count to 100, and then say,"Ready or not, here I come."Oh, how I miss those hot

Parents Key to Helping Kids Cope with Violence
WTVR-TV - WEDNESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Parents who live in neighborhoods where violence is common can play an important role in helping their children cope with what they witness and experience, new research shows."Children living in environments

Parents link to kids'camps
Akron Beacon Journal - NEW YORK - For the third straight summer, Stacey Weiss will send her twin boys to Camp Echo in Burlingham, N.Y. But even though the 11-year-olds will be away for eight weeks, Weiss can keep tabs on them through photos on the camp Web site. “I really

Where`s your head at? Game 7 in Carolina
Covers.com - The Buffalo Sabres are in Raleigh tonight to face the Carolina Hurricanes . Winner battles the Edmonton Oilers for the Stanley Cup. Loser goes home. That simple distinction helps explain the unique aura surrounding every Game 7, no matter the sport

Military acts to curb rising stress
Lexington Herald-Leader - NEW YORK - Concerned by rising stress levels in the ranks, the Defense Department has quietly started an online self-screening program in hopes that anonymity will help some service members and their spouses overcome reluctance to confront possible

Neuqua Valley Commencement
Fox Valley Sun - Dr. Michael Popp led the audience in an a capella version of"The Star Spangled Banner"at the beginning of the ceremony. Indian Prairie District 204 Superintendent Howard Crouse reminded the graduates that life should be fun:"Whatever your

GM invests in plant, says Delphi issues remain
ABC News - WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Corp.on Thursday said it would invest $332 million at its powertrain plant in Warren, Michigan, bringing its U.S. spending on fuel-saving, six-speed transmissions to $1.7 billion since 2003. The

Chronic Stress May Help Cause Depression
WXIX - (HealthDay News) — Having a baby is a big adjustment in a woman's life, and she may experience fatigue, irritability and unexplained emotional swings, including crying. But if those symptoms don't go away within the first few weeks after giving

Blue Devils reach the state tournament again
Hampton Roads Daily Press - MATHEWS — Ryan Collins was nervous before taking the mound Wednesday, his anxiety a desire to prove that getting chased in the third inning of his last start was"a freak accident."Collins accomplished his objective, striking out 14 and pitching a

When Worry Gets in the Way of Life
WXIX - SUNDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) — To be human is to worry — about finances, your children's health, work, even whether you remembered to unplug the iron when you go on vacation. But if you find that worry seems to consume your life, that you

Shoppers'anxiety likely to register in May report
Philadelphia Inquirer - NEW YORK - Consumers seem to be growing more uneasy by the day about the economy - they're fretting about gas prices, inflation, the housing market, rising interest rates, and their jobs. How anxious do they have to be before they curtail their

State To Exempt Most Mentally Ill Inmates From Isolation
Indy Channel - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana prison officials facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for locking up mentally ill inmates in virtual isolation have agreed to move most of them into less harsh conditions. The Indiana Department of Correction plans to move

To eat or not to eat? Coping with eating disorders
Press Republican - Nearly 10 million American females and one million males suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia, and 25 million are struggling with binge eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Furthermore, 40

Responding instead of reacting to life eases anxiety
The State - Do you spend a great deal of time reacting to problems? Do you allow your emotions to run rampant? All of this emotional upheaval can cause you to develop panic attacks or an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders and phobias are increasing in our

Hypnotherapy May Alleviate IBS Symptoms
KSDK - (NBC News) - There may be some relief for people who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Patients in Scotland reported reduced symptoms and improved quality of life after about 12 to 15 hypnotherapy sessions over the course of three months

Inmate Seeks Court Order For Sex-Change Operation
Boston Channel - BOSTON — A convicted killer is asking a judge to order state corrections officials to help him get a sex-change operation. Robert Kosilek, who is now known as Michelle Kosilek, initially sued the Department of Correction four years ago, seeking

Rivers on the bare heights
World Magazine - May and June are full of uplifting commencement addresses. Speakers offer sentiments such as,"Today you embark on a great adventure. Endeavor to persevere."There is nothing wrong with such sentiments. Clich s become clich s because they have a

Military Starts Online Stress Screening
Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) — Concerned by rising stress levels in the ranks, the Defense Department has quietly started an online self-screening program in hopes that anonymity will help some service members and their spouses overcome reluctance to confront

Bush Taps Paulson for Treasury Secretary
ABC News - President Bush announces that Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr., right, is his nominee to replace outgoing Treasury Secretary John Snow, left, in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, May 30, 2006 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles

Camps Use Technology To Help Parents, Kids Bond with their children.
Post-Journal - NEW YORK For the third straight summer, Stacey Weiss will be sending her 11-year-old twin boys to Camp Echo in Burlingham, N.Y. But even though they ll be away for eight weeks, Weiss can keep tabs on her children through photos on the camp Web

Infertility Treatments Remain Complex and Anxiety-Producing for Many
KRNV - SUFFERN, N.Y., May 30 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey reveals that 79 percent of women undergoing treatment for infertility were required to use a combination of injectable medications in their most recent treatment cycle, but only 30 percent were able

Some pregnancy stress may be good for baby
MSNBC - NEW YORK - Pregnant women can stop worrying that the stressors and anxieties present in their hectic lives today may hurt their babies. On the contrary, a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore suggests

STAT Medical News: Cell Phone Dependency Linked to Impaired Mental
ABC News - CELL PHONE ADDICTED BOYS Cell phone-dependent high school boys have small but higher rates of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and low self-esteem compared with their peers, researchers report this week at the American Psychiatric

Diabetes is a tough road
Georgia Straight - Late in the afternoon of October 20, 2005, Tanis Lawrence had just left her friend s home in Port Coquitlam. She d strapped her sons, 18-month-old Isaiah and four-year-old Michael, into their car seats in her white Ford sedan and headed home for

Unhappiest teens are heaviest users of cell phones
Canton Repository - The teen obsession with yakking, text messaging and ring- tone swapping on their cell phones might mean more than a whopping phone bill. For the most crazed, it s a sign of unhappiness and anxiety, according to a new medical study. A survey of 575

Are sad teens obsessed with cell phone?
Detroit News - The teen obsession with yakking, text messaging and ring tone swapping on their cell phones might mean more than a whopping phone bill. For the most crazed, it's a sign of unhappiness and anxiety, a new study shows. A survey of 575 high school

Cell phone obsession may be sign of unhappiness
Everett Herald - TORONTO - The teen obsession with yakking, text messaging and ring tone swapping on cell phones might mean more than a whopping phone bill. For the most crazed, it's a sign of unhappiness and anxiety, according to a new medical study. A survey of 575

Emily Ford column: EOGs&baseball&spectacular somethings
Salisbury Post - I almost didn't take Henry to his baseball game Monday night. With end-of-grade torture, er, I mean tests, under way, I worried that the Cheerwine-spiked hullabaloo that is a Rowan Little League game would leave him exhausted the next morning. After

Test Shows Drop in Science Achievement for 12th Graders
New York Times - WASHINGTON, May 24 The first nationwide science test administered in five years shows that achievement among high school seniors has declined across the past decade, even as scores in science rose among fourth graders and held steady among eighth

Study Links Heavy Cell-phone Use With Teen Angst
Playfuls - Teenagers who are the most frequent users of cellphones are more likely than other youngsters to suffer from unhappiness and anxiety, according to a study quoted Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times. The survey of 575 South Korean high school

The chore wars
Macleans - Eleanor's husband, Paul, rarely watches Trailer Park Boys, so he takes full credit for coming up with the brilliant idea of taking their injured nine-year-old daughter to a vet."Raven came back from the park weeping,"says Eleanor, a Toronto

Panic attacks don't really come'out of the blue'
Austin American-Statesman - She was anxious. Her heart rate increased. That frightened her, and the more scared she became, the more her heart raced. Before long, she was running down the dark alleys of her own fears. That's what it feels like inside the jagged edges of what we

Cell phone obsession may signal unhappiness
AZCentral.com - The teen obsession with yakking, text messaging and ring tone swapping on their cell phones might mean more than a whopping phone bill. For the most crazed, it's a sign of unhappiness and anxiety, according to a new medical study. A survey of 575