An Overlooked Condition: Perimenopause

Researchers have developed the first-ever guidelines on diagnosing and treating perimenopausal depression, the time immediately before menopause when hormones are in decline. According to a news release from the University of Illinois at Chicago, perimenopausal depression remains under-recognized and clinical recommendations on treating it have been lacking until now. The researchers published the guidelines simultaneously… Continue reading An Overlooked Condition: Perimenopause

Stay Calm and Be Healthy

Keeping calm can play a key role in your long-term health, researchers say. In a study measuring adults’ reactions to stress, investigators from Penn State  found that adults who fail to maintain positive moods such as cheerfulness or calm when faced with the minor stressors of everyday life appear to have elevated levels of inflammation.… Continue reading Stay Calm and Be Healthy

People Create Differing Stress Responses

People faced with stressful situations display a number of different coping behaviors, and those behaviors can affect them the following day, a study has found. The findings, by researchers from North Carolina State University, are based on a pilot study of older adults. “This finding tells us, for the first time, that these behaviors are… Continue reading People Create Differing Stress Responses