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1. Cut Stress by Anticipating Laughter?
   

   April 7, 2008 -- OK, take a deep breath. Now put your hand on your belly. Imagine your stomach jiggling, as if you are starting to laugh. You may have just taken a step toward reducing stress hormone levels. Researchers say merely anticipating a laugh can jump-start healthy changes in the body. The

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2. Stress May Hurt the Tender Heart
   

   March 24, 2008 -- Psychological stress may be bad for the heart, but stress management helps. So says psychiatry professor Joel Dimsdale, MD, of the University of California at San Diego. Writing in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology's April 1 edition, Dimsdale reviews 30 years of res

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3. Meditation Swiftly Cuts Stress
   

   Oct. 8, 2007 -- Five days from now, you could be cooler under pressure if you learn to meditate, new research shows. Chinese scientists today reported that after five days of training in meditation, students had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva after a stress test, compare

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4. Coping With Stress Helps Cholesterol
   

   Aug. 20, 2007 -- The better you cope with stress, the better your "good" cholesterol level is likely to be, according to a new study. "We know that stress and hostility affect cholesterol," says researcher Carolyn M. Aldwin, PhD, professor and chairwoman of the department of human development and fa

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5. Miami Tops Rude Driving List
   

   May 15, 2007 -- Out of 25 major U.S. cities, Miami has the rudest drivers and Portland, Ore., has the most courteous drivers, a new poll shows. It's Miami's second year in a row in the top spot, according to the telephone poll of 2,521 adults, including at least 100 people from each of the 25 cities

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6. Stress Squeezes 4 in 10 Americans
   

   Jan. 30, 2007 -- Four in 10 Americans often feel stressed, a Gallup poll shows. U.S. stress levels haven't changed much in recent years. Since 1994, between 33% and 42% of Americans have reported frequent stress. In the latest Gallup poll, of 1,010 adults telephoned Dec. 11-14 of last year, 38% repo

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7. Chronic Stress May Make You Age Faster
   

   Aug. 11, 2006 -- If you're healthy, active, and know how to handle chronic stress, you might age better than your friends. Aging Aging is part of life; the body tends to downshift as the decades gather. But chronic stress may speed up the process, and stress management might slow it down. So say Eli

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8. Mental Stress for Hurricane Survivors
   

   May 12, 2006 -- With the Atlantic hurricane season starting in less than two weeks, a new report shows that hurricanes can cast a long shadow on survivors' mental health mental health. The report comes from sociology graduate student David Russell and colleagues at Florida State University. Russell'

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9. Screening New Moms for Stress, Anxiety
   

   March 23, 2006 -- First-time moms may benefit from screening for anxiety and stress, as well as depression, a new study shows. The study shows that new moms suffering from stress and anxiety weren't necessarily depressed. Focusing only on depression may miss women's postnatal stress and anxiety, wri

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10. Mental Stress May Hurt the Heart
    

    March 7, 2006 - Mental stress has long been suspected of playing an important role in heart disease, and now new research suggests that this might be true for some patients more than others. Researchers from the University of Florida found that about a third of the patients with known coronary arter

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