Thanks to our new Director of International Development, Dr. Alan Ruth, we are going to be providing members with a summary of recent stress research every other month. We know it can be stressful to try to stay up on all of the research, and navigate through what’s truly helpful. We hope these summaries will help you stay up to date on current findings and serve as fuel for your social media and other outreach efforts. If you have other ideas for providing value to our members and want to pitch in, let us know! And please be sure to tag us on FacebookTwitter and Linked In so we can keep posted on your news as well.

Stress can increase empathy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104758.htm

Pet dogs help kids feel less stressed
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170510174853.htm

Ancient stress response provides clues to cancer resistance
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425144244.htm

Some veggies each day keeps the stress blues away
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315094543.htm

How stress may increase risk of heart disease and stroke
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170111213656.htm

Long-term stress linked to higher levels of obesity, hair samples show
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170223092342.htm

Anxiety is a stronger harbinger of alcohol problems than stress
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170310092337.htm

Assessing the impact of stress in age-related macular degeneration
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170303131002.htm

Elevated stress levels among Norway’s youngest children in childcare
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170224093753.htm

Married people have lower levels of stress hormone
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170213131232.htm

Helping nurses cope with postcode stress
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170301093655.htm

Natural chemical helps brain adapt to stress
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170329140945.htm

Stress a common seizure trigger in epilepsy, study affirms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403123555.htm

How stress controls hemoglobin levels in blood
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170404084423.htm

Retirement associated with lower stress, but only if you were in a top job
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170505103642.htm

Researchers discover how the brain turns chronic stress into pathological anxiety
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170213131201.htm

Study reverses thinking on genetic links to stress, depression
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170404092316.htm

Maternal stress during pregnancy could influence the biological clock for aging
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104551.htm

Reduction of post-traumatic stress symptoms associated with noninvasive technology
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170419091634.htm

Prebiotics may help to cope with stress
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170210130951.htm

Prolonged exposure to work-related stress thought to be related to certain cancers
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170117105044.htm

Stress of major life events impacts women more than men, shows poll of 2,000 people
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315094541.htm

Study unveils how stress may increase risk of heart disease and stroke
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170111183921.htm

Stress hormones underlie Indigenous health gap in Australia
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170202090830.htm

Genes in children linked to stress, bipolar disorder
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170508140744.htm

Refugees with PTSD regulate stress differently
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315143816.htm

Orange essential oil may help alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170424141354.htm

Mindfulness meditation training lowers biomarkers of stress response in anxiety disorder
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170124111354.htm

Just breathe: Mindfulness may help freshman stress less and smile more
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170420090204.htm

Mindfulness takes practice
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523081904.htm

Mindfulness class helped women, but not men, overcome ‘negative affect’
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170420113801.htm

Mindfulness shows promise as we age, but study results are mixed
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170221110725.htm

Mindfulness just as effective as CBT for a broad range of psychiatric symptoms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170414105801.htm

Mindfulness-focused childbirth education leads to less depression
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170524131122.htm

New risk factors for anxiety disorders
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170224111806.htm

Poor sleep in anxiety, depression may make it harder to see positive
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170418151243.htm

Clinical massage, guided imagery show promise as tools to relieve pain, anxiety and insomnia for hospitalized patients – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170201094835.htm

Cycling to work could make your day less stressful
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318075.php

Yoga, meditation counters gene expression changes that cause stress
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317946.php

Cannabis does relieve stress, but only at low doses
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317777.php

Lack of sleep fuels harmful inflammatory response to marital stress
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170626105142.htm

Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability causing alterations in a specific brain region
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615142711.htm

Too much stress for the mother affects the baby through amniotic fluid
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529090530.htm

Prenatal stress predisposes female mice to binge eating
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530144756.htm

Does stress lead to lengthier periods of sick leave?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530095835.htm

Amygdala activity predicts posttraumatic stress disorder
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608073350.htm