Doctors state that more and more people come to them with a self-diagnosis. The patients think they are sick with chronic fatigue. As a symptom, they name fatigue and say they are getting tired quickly, even after a good night's sleep or a vacation. Full story

The Institute of Personnel and Development has conducted a study and found that stress is the most common reason why people suffer from permanent disabilities for a long time. Stress is even more widespread than strokes, heart attacks, cancer, and back problems. Full story

The scientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that explains why stress leads to DNA damage. Full story

All women know that stress is harmful to physical and mental health, but when it comes to the question of how to help themselves, the ladies appear to be at a loss. Full story

Playing musical instruments and singing helps people in a state of depression and stress, as the researchers from Finland say. Full story

The doctors from Montreal have declared war to painful memories. Their main weapon is the medicine that lowers the level of the cortisol hormone in the blood. This hormone is associated with stress – and thus with the memories people would be glad to get rid of. Full story