Sentences with phrase «because psychological stress»

Because psychological stress can suppress immune function, garlic is also able to help restore immune health through stress reduction.

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For instance, a 2012 study published in Current Directions of Psychological Science suggests that it's best to avoid making important choices when you're feeling stressed, because you tend to overemphasize the potential positive outcomes of your decision while underemphasizing the negative

It's possible the women had already activated this region because of psychological stress, so that when they did the physical test in the study, the brain region could not activate any more.

YoungAh Park, now at Kansas State University, studied the use of technology at home and found that workers who used phones or computers for work - related stuff during off - hours had less psychological «detachment» from the office, and it left them less happy and more stressed because of it.

And because treatment for Alzheimer's is limited, the task force found no evidence that the quality of life benefits of catching it early with memory screening outweigh the psychological stress of being labeled with an incurable disease.

More research is needed because «looking at both psychological and biological responses to stress will lead to a more complete understanding of why we have the racial / ethnic achievement gap,» said study lead author, Dorainne Levy, who began the research while at Northwestern and is now a post-doctoral scholar at Indiana University.

This year's extraordinary presidential campaign is taking a toll on American workers, some of whom report feeling stressed, argumentative and less productive because of political discussions on the job, according to a survey released Sept. 14 by the American Psychological Association.

Because of its mind - body emphasis and its ability to address not only physical risk factors for DM2 such as hypertension and dyslipidemia, but also psychological factors like perceived stress, depression and emotional wellbeing, yoga may be an important addition to DM2 prevention and management.

The diet may also cause various psychological benefits, because these digestive disturbances are known to cause stress and are strongly linked to mental disorders like anxiety and depression (13).

Although stress (physical and psychological) isn't the only reason that cortisol is secreted into the bloodstream, it has been termed «the stress hormone» because it's also secreted in higher levels during the body's «fight or flight» response to stress, and is responsible for several stress - related changes in the body.

Into something much more psychological now, and we really must stress that if you're still yet to see Yorgos Lanthimos's seriously grim The Killing of a Sacred Deer, stop reading now, because we are about to spoil the absolute gut - puncher of an ending.

This narrowing of the curriculum can have an effect on teachers» stress levels because it clashes with their beliefs, according to Brian Apter, chair of the division of educational and child psychologists at the British Psychological Society.

This put simply, means your cat is over-grooming or hair chewing because of psychological reasons such as stress, nervousness, fear or anxiety.

Although greater early local production of proinflammatory cytokines at wound sites is beneficial because it is associated with enhanced healing, greater systemic production of proinflammatory cytokines can represent a maladaptive response.24 Both physical and psychological stressors can provoke transient increases in plasma levels of proinflammatory cytokines, particularly IL - 6,25 as can negative emotions like depression and anxiety.26 - 28 More frequent or persistent stress - related changes have broad implications for physical and mental health; sustained elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines have been linked to a variety of age - related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, certain cancers, and frailty and functional decline.29 - 31

Furthermore, we suggested that because these stresses contributed to both depressive affect and anxiety among these patients, a broader psychological distress approach might describe patients better than one focused on depressive affect alone.

According to resource models, lower income is associated with poorer health outcomes because of increased psychological stress, which may result in lower quality parenting (Conger, Conger, Matthews, & Elder, 1999).

Hi Rod: Like you, I see the conflict, known in psychological circles as «Cogitive Dissonance» (when behaviour runs counter to conscience); I also personally feel the pull, or the stress, of the paradoxical situations that I find myself having to deal with, because I am human.