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New research shows that the effects of stress accumulate over a lifetime.
Being underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math means women can be made to feel they don’t belong, with long-term mental health consequences.
Sleep allows many of our hormones to replenish so we have the optimal energy, immunity, appetite and coping ability to face the day’s highs and lows.
In many of the workplaces I visit as a neuroscientist, stressed workers behave much like addicted lab rats. But you don’t have to quit the rat race to start feeling better at work.
The harshest cuts have yet to happen, but the bite is already being felt.
Recent media reports have indicated there is a growing number of students requiring special considerations for coursework and exams.
We live in a world dominated by the pursuit of perfection – but too much pressure at work can trigger severe stress.
Humans can learn a thing or two from animals on how to deal with stress.
There’s great news for coffee lovers. A study has found that caffeine can help combat stress.
The mindfulness technique is being blindly sold and we are buying it hook line and sinker.
As students walk to receive their certificates on commencement day, what are the thoughts of their teachers who stood at the same place some decades ago? What has changed?
A new study looking at a long-lived lemur species attributes it to their frequent hibernation-like state. But what lessons can humans learn from this?
According to recent research, music is an evolutionary adaptation that helps us navigate a world rife with contradictions.
Think about the last time you left the house. Did strangers on the street acknowledge your presence with a smile or avert their glance? Chances are that the answer depended on your age, gender and, of…
Stress is the physical and emotional response we all experience when faced with demanding situations. Our stress can arise from within when we fear we’re unable to meet our own high expectations. Or it…
Health and social workers often choose their profession because they want to help people. But seeing trauma and suffering on a regular basis can have a deep impact on these workers. “Compassion fatigue…
This year saw the 43rd anniversary of email. Compared to a human working life, email has after more than four decades on the job now reached retirement age. Is it time for email to step aside to allow…
Germany and the rest of Europe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the associated communist regimes in Eastern Europe. This event had colossal repercussions in the…
In January 1998 five days of freezing rain collapsed the electrical grid of the Canadian province of Québec. The storm left more than 3 million people without electricity for anywhere from a few hours…
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, retired, University of California, San Francisco
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Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland
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