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New Regulations Make PTSD Treatment Available to Any Vet Who Can Prove He or She Served in a War Zone
(CBS) America's veterans deserve the very
best medical care. Some come home with their battle scars on the inside
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Monday the government
held a press conference to announce changes to make it easier for these
veterans to get the help and benefits they deserve.
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The U.S. Army honors soldiers wounded or killed in combat with the
Purple Heart, a powerful symbol designed to recognize their sacrifice
and service.
Yet Army commanders have
routinely denied Purple Hearts to soldiers who have sustained
concussions in Iraq, despite regulations that make such wounds eligible
for the medal, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica has found.
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Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness
over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst
over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered
that how your brain responds to social stressors can influence the
body's immune system in ways that may negatively affect health. Lead
author George Slavich, a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Cousins Center
for Psychoneuroimmunology, and senior author Shelley Taylor, a UCLA
professor of psychology, show that individuals who exhibit greater
neural sensitivity to social rejection also exhibit greater increases in
inflammatory activity to social stress.
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Psychotherapy may help ease persistent gastrointestinal distress.
Functional gastrointestinal disorders affect 35% to 70% of people at
some point in life, women more often than men. These disorders have no
apparent physical cause — such as infection or cancer — yet result in
pain, bloating, and other discomfort.
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Category: Stress
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Exercise may improve
mental health by helping the brain cope better with stress, according to
research into the effect of exercise on neurochemicals involved in the
body's stress response. Preliminary evidence suggests that
physically active people have lower rates of anxiety and depression than
sedentary people. But little work has focused on why that should be. So
to determine how exercise might bring about its mental health benefits,
some researchers are looking at possible links between exercise and
brain chemicals associated with stress, anxiety, and depression.
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Yoga for Anxiety and DepressionStudy shows yoga may reduce stress.
September 16, 2009 - Since the 1970s, meditation and other stress-reduction
techniques have been studied as possible treatments for depression and
anxiety. One such practice, yoga, has received less attention in the
medical literature, though it has become increasingly popular in recent
decades.
One national survey estimated, for example, that about 7.5% of U.S.
adults had tried yoga at least once, and that nearly 4% practiced yoga
in the previous year.
Yoga classes can vary from gentle and accommodating to strenuous and
challenging; the choice of style tends to be based on physical ability
and personal preference. Hatha yoga, the most common type of yoga
practiced in the United States, combines three elements: physical poses,
called asanas; controlled breathing practiced in conjunction with
asanas; and a short period of deep relaxation or meditation.
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