Posts tagged as: Stress

Useful strategies to avoid strain while typing for long hours

Useful strategies to avoid strain while typing for long hours Technology has taken over at a mass scale. Hence, everyone in the world carries a laptop and works on it during nine long office hours. No physical movement and just sitting at your chair can cause a lot of pain. Moreover, the consistent typing can […]

Corporate Torture

Corporate Torture We have always blamed the government for everything that goes wrong with our lives and how much stress their policies have caused us, but the main source of mental torture we fail to realize is right in front of us. Your job to say the least is the reason you are stressed out […]

Stress and depression can shrink the brain – Part 3

The research team analyzed tissue donated by depressed and nondepressed patients, and sought different patterns of gene activation. The study found that the brains of patients who had been depressed exhibited lower levels of expression of the genes required for the function and structure of brain synapses. Co-author HJ Kang found that at least five of […]

Study reveals shutting off e-mails lowers stress

Study reveals shutting off e-mails lowers stress A recently released study by researchers in California proves that employees who stopped checking their e-mail for five days enjoyed less stress and better focus. "We couldn´t see a discernible trend on days 1 and 2. But at day 5, the pattern started to become clear: People became […]

Stress and depression can shrink the brain – Part 2

Research shows that the genetic switch, known as a transcription factor, represses the expression of multiple genes required for the formation of synaptic connections between brain cells, which in turn may contribute to cerebral mass loss in the prefrontal cortex . "We wanted to test the idea that stress causes a loss of synapses in […]

Stress and depression can shrink the brain – Part 1

Major depression, or chronic stress, can cause loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to the emotional and cognitive impairment.Now a team of researchers, led by scientists at Yale, has discovered a genetic switch that triggers the loss of brain connections in humans and in animal models of depression.  The results have been published […]

Chewing gum reduces the stress levels and increases the ability of brain to memorize – Part 2

In a nutshell, the chew of a gum actually works, without the substantiation of any research, in the reducing the stress by handling the cortisol levels, generally known as the stress hormones. Other studies have found that some aspects of memory seem to be improved by chewing gum, particularly immediate and delayed word recall, while others […]

Chewing gum reduces the stress levels and increases the ability of brain to memorize – Part 1

According to a latest survey, chewing gum increases various functionalities of the brain, resulting in timely responses from subjects and increased efficiency. The research conducted at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, states that chewing gum effects the ventral part of the prefrontal cortex, resulting in mastication-induced arousal, which helps in quick responses and increases the ability […]

What a life it is if full of cares!

Since the inception of the planet, only a few people have understood the life and they are those who lived actually. We are not living lives, we are merely struggling for survival. Day in day out, work and work everywhere. Either we sleep or work, nothing else. Life is not about dwelling in a luxurious […]

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