Stress Relief

New approaches to treatment are relying on technology, such as virtual reality, to alleviate the psychologically damaging effects of PTSD.

Studies show that watching your friends and family in stressful situations can loosely synchronize your heart rates, a strong manifestation of human bonds.

The health benefits of humor start as soon as you anticipate the pleasure of a good laugh. New research shows that laughter reduces stress hormones and boosts immunity, effects that kick in even as you look forward to it.

So, why do we have chins? Did they emerge to buttress the jaw against the stresses of speech, or simply as a way to attract mates? It is possible that multiple causal factors helped to evolve this bony protuberance.

Yoga helps improve physical flexibility, strength, and endurance while also increasing resistance to psychological stress.

Many musical artists feel aggrieved by a decision to cut a third of Grammy award categories, but Grammy executives have absorbed criticisms with equanimity.

Drone pilots, fighting distant wars from the safety of U.S. bases, still confront some of the same stresses and fatigue that their comrades do on the battlefield.

Twenty years ago, the few dogs that were in Beijing stood a chance of landing on a dinner plate. Today, with a lot of stress in people’s lives, having a dog is a way to relieve it.

Technicians have set out into US national parks to document the natural noises of the park, as well as ambient human noise, an audible invasion that may be stressful to wildlife.

Whenever you notice you’re feeling tense and uptight check and see how you’re breathing. Most people under stress either alternate holding their breath with short breaths, or take rapid shallow breaths.