http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/anxiety/ en-us Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:51:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053317/posts For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, so I’ve rounded up a list of 10 things not to worry about on your vacation.1. Killer hot dogs2. Your car’s planet-destroying A/C3. Forbidden fruits from afar4. Carcinogenic cellphones5. Evil plastic bags6. Toxic plastic bottles7. Deadly sharks8. The Arctic’s missing ice9. The universe’s missing mass10. Unmarked wormholes New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053317/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:51:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029738/posts THE SOCIETY of Nuclear Medicine has been touting a new study that suggests we're one step closer to solving the riddle of social anxiety disorder. Researchers believe the origins of the disorder are biological. This sounds like a breakthrough worth celebrating. "Social anxiety disorder affects approximately 15 million American adults," the press release declares, and is "the third most common mental disorder in the United States, after depression and alcohol dependence." But what are its symptoms? A "fear of being evaluated by others, with the expectation that such an assessment will be negative and embarrassing." Once you start calling fear... Boston.com ( Boston Globe) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029738/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004088/posts Housework helps combat anxiety and depression 19 April 2008 From New Scientist Print Edition. FEELING down? You might be able to dust away your distress. Just 20 minutes a week with the vacuum cleaner or mop is enough to help banish those blues, and sport works even better. That's the message from Mark Hamer and his colleagues at University College London, who wanted to find out what benefits arise from different types of physical activity. They examined data from questionnaires filled in by almost 20,000 Scottish people as part of the Scottish Health Surveys, carried out every few years. Some... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004088/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:56:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761191/posts Reading diet articles could be unhealthy By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 2, 12:42 AM ET Magazine headlines entice teenage girls with promises: "Get the body you want" and "Hit your dream weight now!" But a new study suggests reading articles about diet and weight loss could have unhealthy consequences later. Teenage girls who frequently read magazine articles about dieting were more likely five years later to practice extreme weight-loss measures such as vomiting than girls who never read such articles, the University of Minnesota study found. It didn't seem to matter whether the girls were overweight... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761191/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751477/posts Taste test could be used to pinpoint chemical causes of depression. Feeling anxious? Your mood may actually change how your dinner tastes, making the bitter and salty flavours recede, according to new research. This link between the chemical balance in your brain and your sense of taste could one day help doctors to treat depression. There are currently no on-the-spot tests for deciding which medication will work best in individual patients with this condition. Researchers hope that a test based on flavour detection could help doctors to get more prescriptions right first time. It has long been known that people... news@nature.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751477/posts#comment Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:49:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726656/posts Motel Bookings, Condom Sales Surge Post Nuke Test As tends to be the case in disasters and crises, sales of condoms and reservations at motels surged in the wake of North Korea’s nuclear test on Oct. 9. One online hotel reservations site reports that everything is completely booked up through the end of the month in what it calls an “exceptional” flood of guests. If there is apathy about security among Koreans, there is also a silent terror seeking release in sex. On Oct. 9-15, the average daily sales of condoms across all Family Mart convenience stores was 1,930, a... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726656/posts#comment Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:58:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694248/posts The life of African-American middle-school students can be pretty stressful. From the moment they step into the classroom, some must contend with not only coursework but also the anxiety that performing badly might confirm negative stereotypes. That fear can itself lead to poor performance, researchers have known for a while; now they've come up with a simple antidote: getting students to reflect on their sense of self-worth by writing a personal essay about what they value. Geoffrey Cohen, a psychologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his colleagues tested the strategy among 243 seventh graders at a northeastern U.S.... ScienceNOW Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694248/posts#comment Sat, 2 Sep 2006 05:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659925/posts One in three people in the UK regularly suffers paranoid or suspicious fears, clinical psychologists have found. A team at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London interviewed 1,200 people about whether they had thoughts about others doing them harm. They found levels of paranoia were much higher than previously suspected - and almost as high as those for depression and anxiety. The researchers say paranoia can cause real distress. The study found that: * Over 40% of people regularly worry that negative comments are being made about them * 27% think that people deliberately try to irritate them... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659925/posts#comment Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:34:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1603620/posts I humbly ask that all the prayer warriors out there pray for me. I have had a sinus infection for over two months and it has taken it's toll on me both spiritually and emotionally. I now realize now (finally) that this attack is not physical in nature but spiritual and from the evil one. It has kept me from sleeping naturally and sapped all my energy and joy. I am in a very good church and G_d placed the people before me that I needed and who prayed hard over me and helped me today. Pray that G_d sheilds... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1603620/posts#comment Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:32:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550785/posts HAVING an abortion as a young woman raises the risk of developing mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, a new study shows. The findings come from the Christchurch Health and Development Study of 1265 children tracked since birth in the 1970s in New Zealand. Researchers found 41 per cent of the more than 500 women in the study had become pregnant by age 25 with 90 pregnancies terminated. At age 25, 42 per cent of those who had an abortion had experienced major depression at some stage during the previous four years - nearly double the rate of... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550785/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:41:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1538433/posts In the 60's to 1989 research into tryptophan grew rapidly, millions used it for depression. In 1989, a contaminated batch forced the FDA to pull tryptophan off the US market, never to return. This destroyed all research into this critical amino acid and cleared the way for pharmaceutical drugs and billions of profits for them. I am asking the question, why do so many drugs work on the tryptophan oxygenase (pyrrolase) pathway? We have antidepressants (all classes). Related articles; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7126996 And here; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1826617 Then we have alcohol; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10721064&query_hl=9 Then we have asprin; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7082905&query_hl=15 Nicotine, morphine, phenobarbitone http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=989&query_hl=17 then we have... by Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1538433/posts#comment Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:40:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1502207/posts A chemical found in cannabis can act like an antidepressant, researchers have found. A team from Canada's University of Sasketchewan suggest the compound causes nerve cells to regenerate. The Journal of Clinical Investigation study showed rats given a cannabinoid were less anxious and less depressed. But UK experts warned other conflicting research had linked cannabis, and other cannabinoids, to an increased risk of depression and anxiety. They suggested this could be because different cannabinoids acting at different levels have contradictory effects. Cannabinoids have been shown to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and pain relief in humans. They are naturally... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1502207/posts#comment Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:49:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1492757/posts A scientist at the Medical University of South Carolina has found that magnetic resonance imaging machines also can serve as lie detectors. The study found MRI machines, which are used to take images of the brain, are more than 90 percent accurate at detecting deception, said Dr. Mark George, a distinguished professor of psychiatry, radiology and neurosciences. That compares with polygraphs that range from 80 percent to "no better than chance" at finding the truth, George said. His results are to be published this week in the journal Biological Psychiatry. Software expected to be on the market next year could... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1492757/posts#comment Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457357/posts When Capt. John Trylch of the 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment made it safely back from Iraq, he expected things would be different, that he would be different. “I kept waiting — where’s the change? Where’s the change?” he said. “But you find yourself falling into the same routines. I was surprised by that.” Trylch is among the more than 80 percent of U.S. soldiers who, new studies are finding, served in battle in Iraq and came back home apparently unchanged, without a psychological problem, despite the stress and tragedy of war. But he’s well aware of the other... Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457357/posts#comment Fri, 5 Aug 2005 05:51:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432160/posts Tales of a nation under attack, which recur when public anxiety rises, multiply at theaters and on TV. Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" is acutely attuned to the zeitgeist of post-9/11 America. In this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel, Earth is still the most desirable piece of real estate in the Milky Way, the envy of the galactic neighborhood. But this retelling of the alien-invasion story, set in modern-day New Jersey rather than Wells' Edwardian London, tacitly acknowledges American fears of an attack on US cities. A principal aspect of the film is the way a nation unites... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432160/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:25:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421119/posts Over the last three decades, the abortion debate has been characterized as the clashing of rights: the human rights of the unborn on the one hand and the reproductive rights of women on the other. This decades-long rhetorical deadlock has left a good number of Americans—the great majority of whom understand that an individual human life is taken in each abortion— personally opposed, yet unwilling to "impose their beliefs" on anyone else. The popularity of this so-called pro-choice position is due, in large measure, to the success abortion advocates have had in convincing Americans that abortion is a necessary precondition... Crisis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421119/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:08:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1352316/posts WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 27, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Less time with Mom and Dad has contributed to more problems for more kids over the last few decades. So says Mary Eberstadt, a part-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and author of "Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes" (Penguin). Eberstadt shared with ZENIT how this separation of children and their parents is producing unforeseen negative consequences. Q: If children are better off materially than ever before, why are they beset by so many troubles such as psychiatric problems, obesity and sexually transmitted diseases?... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1352316/posts#comment Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350525/posts Among famous inventors, Leo H. Sternbach may not immediately leap to mind. But this May in Akron, Ohio, Dr. Sternbach, who is 96, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He holds more than 240 patents, but perhaps his most famous invention, in collaboration with colleagues, is a chemical compound called diazepam, better known by its brand name, Valium. One of the earliest benzodiazepines, Valium was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1963 as a treatment for anxiety, and it would become not only the country's best-selling drug, but an American cultural icon. Referred to... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350525/posts#comment Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1322893/posts Fouroboros | Outsourcing: Corporate Anorexia in a Land of Plenty 11-12-2004 UPDATE: More Links to outsourcing-related posts at bottom There are a pair of terms we've come to use in our company, terms my partners and I arrived at after seeing management and employee, company and consumer get at ridiculous cross-purposes to each other: Insulated Deciders. Isolated Deliverers. Salon: [get the day-pass, it's free.]"The biggest fear people have isn't terrorists," says Don Pellow, a full-bearded, burly former president of the main United Auto Workers union local at the Electrolux plant. "The terror is that they won't have medical care, not... Fouroboros http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1322893/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jan 2005 05:14:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1302429/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - The nation's hard-pressed health care system for veterans is facing a potential deluge of tens of thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq with serious mental health problems brought on by the stress and carnage of war, veterans' advocates and military doctors say. An Army study shows that about one in six soldiers in Iraq report symptoms of major depression, serious anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder, a proportion that some experts believe could eventually climb to one in three, the rate ultimately found in Vietnam veterans. Because about one million American troops have served so far in... The New York Times Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1302429/posts#comment Thu, 16 Dec 2004 04:40:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1293531/posts LONDON, December 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A study published in the current issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that 43% of gays, lesbians and bisexuals have a mental disorder. The study carried out by the Imperial College in London surveyed 1285 respondents from these groups. Mental problems included anxiety, sleep disturbance, panic attacks, depressive moods or thoughts, problems with memory or concentration and compulsive behaviour or obsessive thoughts. The researchers noted that there is a dearth of research into the mental health of gay men, lesbians and bisexual men and women in the UK. The study found... Life Site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1293531/posts#comment Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:25:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1106714/posts Insanity and terrorism New insights show terrorists are young, with little education or money. And many suffer from mental illness Stewart Bell National Post March 27, 2004 The terrorists who blew up four packed commuter trains in Madrid on the morning of March 11 must have marvelled at their success. With 10 bombs, triggered with cellphones, they killed about 190 people and injured another 1,750. But how could they do it? What kind of person can coldly plan a terrorist attack, knowing it will result in the murder of hundreds of fellow human beings? What kind of person can condemn... np http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1106714/posts#comment Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:35:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1087935/posts <p>For 25 years, a difficult-neighbor problem plagued Curtis and Elaine Colvin of Seattle. The neighbor's home and lawn resembled a junkyard. Finally, last spring, the elderly man was taken out of state by relatives.</p> <p>Konstantinos Apostolou bought the house — and sent in five men to clear the floor-to-ceiling junk. "It was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life," says his son, George Apostolou. There was nowhere to walk, except for a narrow "goat path" connecting the rooms. The men hauled out seven Dumpsters' worth of clothes, books, magazines, spoiled food, firewood, car parts, tires, bank statements and 50-year-old tax records. "I feel bad for the guy," says Apostolou. "I'm sure he was ill."</p> USA TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1087935/posts#comment Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1061062/posts This morning Steve Doocey of Fox and Friends interviewed Howard Dean, and asked him a question about the "Panic attacks" that Dean experienced when he learned that he was to become the Governor of Vermont. Howie flatly denied it as false. When I investigated this I did learn that the term "Panic attack" was verbage that Carl Limbacher had inserted into the story, however, I found this an interesting study in the way People magazine cleaned up all the references to Howie's anxiety problems and the counseling he received, which he did admit in the transcript of the interview on... People magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1061062/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1061036/posts Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean denied that he ever suffered from "panic attacks" during a Monday morning interview with Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," insisting that neither he nor a reporter who recently interviewed him had used that term to describe an episode where he hyperventilated upon taking office as Vermont governor in 1991. Citing a recent interview he gave to People magazine, Dean complained to "Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy, "I think if you read People magazine it says no such thing. The quote that you just read, it didn't say anything about a panic attack." People's... NewsMax.com, Fox & Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1061036/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:23:06 GMT