Having a stressful childhood can shorten an individual's life by decades, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found the link between stressful experiences in childhood with diseases related to heart, lungs, liver and other medical conditions. Full story

Chronic, raging stress may harm the immune system, increasing your chance of developing various diseases. Occasional stress, however, can boost anti-tumor activity, according to the authors of study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Full story

Financial slump brings in its wake many a health hazard, true, still there are ways in which it can be very much beneficial for health. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lists a number of factors whereby the periods of economic recession making away with excessive strain and worry help maintain health. Full story

A recent study in the September issue of the Environmental Health journal links living near noisy roads with high blood pressure. The research into the issue was conducted by Lund University Hospital in Sweden whose specialists concluded that the noise coming from busy streets leads to more intense stress Full story

The smell of freshly cut grass can relieve stress, according to Australian scientists. They discovered that substances released from cut grass affect the amygdala and the hippocampus, brain regions responsible for different responses to stressful situations. Those substances make people feel relaxed and happy. Researchers have integrated scentful chemicals from cut grass into ... Full story

It turns out people who tend to take their vacation in portions within a year instead of going on a full vacation put themselves at higher risk of heart attack. Full story

Regular communications with friends, when we get a chance to gossip and chat about everything, have a very good impact on our health and add a good deal of happiness to our lives. Such conclusion was made by a groups of scientists from the University of Michigan Full story

What things do steal our precious time from us? Apart from external time eaters (which are beyond our influence), there are many personal ones which actually make us the robbers of our own time. These time eaters lurk in our personalities and individual qualities which hinder the job, leading to stresses and the realization of lagging behind. Full story

It often happens that our everyday routines and habits suck a lot of energy from us. There are, at least, seven of these. Full story

Recent research suggests that women go shopping whimsically and buy excessively during certain time of their periods. The study found that the probability for a woman to go on a shopping spree is highest during the 10 days before the start of a period. Full story

As spring arrives, our body emerges from winter “sleep”. Our metabolism becomes more intense so we need to get more nutrients and vitamins to live on. But they can be hard to get. This may lead to a condition described by scary word “avitaminosis”. Full story

Findings of Harvard scientists have made it possible to argue that venting negative emotions in a controlled manner ensures sustaining mental health. On the other hand, a person swept by anger could be dangerous to themselves and the others. Full story

Office can not be considered as a dangerous working environment according to law. Yet, you can get quite a few diseases while quietly working at your desk. So, what can be dangerous at your work place? Full story

It's no secret that financial straits can be injurious to our health: we are getting increasingly worse diet, becoming less physically active and overstressed. Even celebrities are suffering from the crisis and go bankrupt. But how has current downturn affected Americans' health in particular? Full story

No relationship is protected from infidelity. Lipstick stains on his collar or a questionable sweet-kissing-SMS are not the only telltale signs of cheating. His sexual behavior in the bedroom may reveal this hard-hitting truth too. Here is a list of top signs that will help you to catch a cheating spouse. Well, he is cheating on you if… Full story

It is not for nothing that doctors encourage us not to eat anything two hours before bed. This tip is true for everybody, not only for those dieting or having weight problems. By having a meal, you activate your digestive system. And it means some job for your body to do when it's getting ready for the night's rest. Full story

Taking care of one’s health becomes a minor issue when financial crisis arrives. Without even noticing it, many of us keep on getting sicker and sicker those days. No matter how sad it may sound, material well-being is often a key factor which determines our lifestyle. Thus, while the saying advises us not to be cheap when dealing with health, economic crisis has noticeably reduced this part of our expenses. In return, this reflected on our quality of life. So, how exactly is crisis affecting our health? Full story

In everyday reality we have to communicate with a variety of people. And sometimes that communication is not about feeling good vibes. Occasionally, due to several reasons we have to discuss things that are unpleasant to talk about or to put up with negative remarks. Negative information embodies a great amount of destructive energy that might have a bad effect on our overall health, feelings and self-evaluation. Receiving negative information daily could eventually turn a successful and self-confident person into an insecure loser. Full story

Alarm clock is buzzing. You are trying to open your eyes but your body is crying out for another 5 minutes of sleep. Is that how your morning begins? Feel wake-up throes through the working week? Well, imagine you were a Tibetan monk and try to wake up the way wise hermits do it. Tibetan in-bed exercises energize the whole body, provide a proper energy circulation and get you ready for new achievements at your job. The most exiting thing about this kind of waking up is that it’s simple, healthy and you don’t even have to open your eyes. Full story

They say that life started in the ocean. Scientists are still not sure about that. However, it has been proven that the "sea treasures" can significantly help us and solve various problems in our lives, for instance relieve stress or get rid of cellulite. Salt is one of the most important sea "treasures. It is obtained through evaporation of sea water such that the resulting salt contains a whole list of core "bonuses". Full story