For people suffering from Parkinson’s disease, singing may provide benefits beyond improving respiratory and swallow control. The results, from a pilot study by Iowa State researchers, showed improvements in patients’ mood and motor symptoms, as well as reduced physiological indicators of stress. Elizabeth Stegemöller, an assistant professor of kinesiology, cautioned that the data is preliminary,… Continue reading Parkinson’s Patients: The Benefits of Singing
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Stress Hormones Spike as The Temperature Rises
Summer, not winter, is when people are likely to have higher levels of circulating stress hormones, according to a new study. According to a news release from the American Physiological Society (APS), the non-intuitive findings contradict traditional concepts of the taxing physical toll of winter and the relaxed ease of summer. The findings were presented… Continue reading Stress Hormones Spike as The Temperature Rises
Are You Totally Stressed Out? This Is What It Could Be Doing to Your Body!
You’re trying to get the kids off to school, you can’t find your cell phone, and you’re sitting in traffic. Your hypothalamus, a tiny control tower in your brain, decides to send out the order: Send in the stress hormones! These stress hormones are the same ones that trigger your body’s “fight or flight” response. Your… Continue reading Are You Totally Stressed Out? This Is What It Could Be Doing to Your Body!
A New Factor in Hypertension
Research led by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, has revealed a new cause of high blood pressure, and the discovery could lead to major changes in managing the disease. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, often goes unnoticed but if left untreated can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. Studies… Continue reading A New Factor in Hypertension
A Surprising Way to Reduce Stress
No matter what your skill level as an artist, sketcher, or doodler, a new research study found that making art can significantly reduce stress-related hormones in your body. . Although the researchers from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions believed that past experience in creating art might amplify the activity’s stress-reducing effects –… Continue reading A Surprising Way to Reduce Stress
Mild Stress Could Help Activate “Good” Brown Fat
Mild stress stimulates the activity and heat production by brown fat associated with raised cortisol, according to a study published in February 2016 in Experimental Physiology. A release from the Physiological Society notes that brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat found in humans and other… Continue reading Mild Stress Could Help Activate “Good” Brown Fat
Stress Hormone Linked to Frailty
Low levels of cortisol in the morning and high levels in the evening are associated with declining grip strength and walking speed, which are indications of frailty in older adults. That is the finding of research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München in Neuherberg in Germany and published in the March 2014 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.