What Can Crows Teach Us About Stress and Urban Living?
Purestock(BINGHAMTON, N.Y.) — American crows are moving from the countryside to the big city, and like humans, they are paying a price.
Stress.
Crows showed little taste for the urban environment until four or five decades ago, when they began a conti…
W.Va. the Most Stressed State, Hawaii the Least
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If your nerves are a bit frazzled, chances are you live in West Virginia. According to the new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released earlier Wednesday, residents of this state are the most stressed-out in the n…
Eric Holder Worries About How Stressed Obama Is, Misses ‘Hanging Out’
Chris Graythen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In an exclusive interview with ABC’s Pierre Thomas on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern about the president and his workload.
“I worry about him sometimes, you know, because…
Time-Saving Tips Help Make the Most of Your Day
George Doyle/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, you are not alone. But there may be time slipping through your fingers that you can get back each day. All you need is a little organization.
On average, …
Poll: Millennials Experiencing More Stress than All Other Adults
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Millennials are dealing with a good amount of stress, judging by a Harris Interactive poll released Thursday of more than 2,000 Americans 18 and older. It was conducted for the American Psychological Associatio…
Top 10 Most Stressful and Least Stressful Jobs
Creatas/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Looking for a low-stress job? Being a full-time university professor is the least stressful career for 2013, according to jobs site CareerCast.com.It’s the first time that career has won the title of least stressfu…
How to Beat Black Friday Stress
GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Black Friday – a day famous for long lines, scary stampedes and even pepper spray – can be stressful. But with a bit of preparation, you can get great deals without the headache.Check out these tips to …
Program Helps Flight Attendants Handle Stress of Job
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The flight attendant’s job has changed drastically in the past 10 years, with the stress level skyrocketing, as demonstrated by some of their own caught-on-tape, airborne freak-outs.This past June, American Eagle …
Program Helps Flight Attendants Handle Stress of Job
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The flight attendant’s job has changed drastically in the past 10 years, with the stress level skyrocketing, as demonstrated by some of their own caught-on-tape, airborne freak-outs.This past June, American Eagle …
Nor’easter Stress Is Normal for Sandy Survivors
EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At the height of superstorm Sandy, Jane Frank clung to her husband and three boys as the water rose. It flooded their basement and rose as high as the first floor of their Belle Harbor home in the Rockaway sect…
Operation: Love Reunited Helps Military Families Cope Through Pictures
Tonee Lawrence, Operation: Love Reunited(NEW YORK) — Nothing can take away the pain and anxiety of having a loved one deployed overseas, but for Karen Tebbeharris and her three children, a program called Operation: Love Reunited helped them get throug…
Bad News May Cause More Stress for Women than Men
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When reading the morning paper, women may take bad news to heart more than their male counterparts, a new study found.The Canadian study of 56 people found women who read negative news stories were more reactive to str…
Job Stress Linked to Increased Heart Attack Risk
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — “It’s true, hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” former President Ronald Reagan quipped at the Gridiron Dinner in 1987.Reagan may have been onto something. A new review of research, publi…
Stress Is Just Like a Full-Time Job
David De Lossy/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Back at the job from your summer vacation? Feeling stressed already? Welcome to the club.Seventy-three percent of respondents from the 2012 Work Stress Survey conducted by Harris Interactive …
Stressed Men Prefer Heavier Women, Study Suggests
Hemera/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but stressed men prefer heavier women — at least according to a new study.In the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of Westminster in London subj…
Less Lying, More Truth Telling Linked to Better Health
Photodisc/Thinkstock(NOTRE DAME, Ind.) — It may seem like conventional wisdom, but telling the truth on a consistent basis can make you healthier, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. With recent ev…
Five-Ring Fever: When Olympic Parents Push Their Kids Too Hard
Polka Dot Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Judi Brown Clarke, a silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics who went on to coach at Michigan State University, witnessed young athletes who fell apart as their controlling par…
Stressful Jobs Put Strain on Women’s Hearts, Study Says
Dynamic Graphics/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A new study found that women who rate their jobs as highly demanding and stressful were at an increased risk of heart attack, stroke or dying from heart disease.Heart disease is one of the leading killers of both …
Is Stress Healthy? Rat Study Shows Boost to Immune System
Hemera/Thinkstock(STANFORD, Calif.) — Stress is supposed to be bad for your health, right? Generally, that’s the advice delivered by doctors and scientists.But occasional, short bursts of stress can actually be good for the immune system, and in…
Best and Worst Jobs of 2012: Most Stressful Careers
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Careercast.com is out with its list of best and worst jobs of 2012. It’s bad news for journalists, but much brighter for the folks who program the code that keeps this website humming.Using a methodology …