Background: It has been long assumed that stress interferes with sleep, but less has been attributed to the converse of poor sleep contributing to stress. Study question: Can an older sleep surface contribute to poor sleep and thus, stress and will a new sleep surface provide better sleep, thus less stress. Methods: Forty-six participants rated physical and psychological signs of stress and sle...

Perceived social support has been hypothesized to protect against the pathogenic effects of stress. How such protection might be conferred, however, is not well understood. Using a sample of 404 healthy adults, we examined the roles of perceived social support and received hugs in buffering against interpersonal stress-induced susceptibility to infectious disease. Perceived support was assessed...

background : patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. this study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders.   methods: a randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 pa...

Stress fractures of the tibia seldom occur and the diagnosis is easily overlooked. Radiological signs may be subtle and the majority of cases will heal after a sufficient period of immobilization. The following description of two cases and subsequent review of the literature provide helpful information for the clinician to recognize, diagnose and treat stress fractures of the tibia.

New research released this year suggests that a staggering one in six people suffer from stress*. There are many different causes of stress which are primarily related to a situation or event and how a person deals or responds to that situation. The signs of stress can therefore differ from one person to the next and may manifest in the form of conditions such as IBS, anxiety, migraines, insomn...

Magnesium has a profound effect on neural excitability; the most characteristic signs and symptoms of Mg deficiency are produced by neural and neuromuscular hyperexcitability. These create a constellation of clinical findings termed tetany syndrome (TS). TS symptoms include muscle spasms, cramps and hyperarousal, hyperventilation and asthenia. Physical signs (Chvostek's, Trousseau's or von Bons...

This article focuses on bordering as a fundamental semiotic process of human psychological functioning. First, we discuss similarities between semiosis and explore their relationships. In the perspective cultural psychology dynamics, psychic life is purposeful production interpretation signs, carried out through cycles culturally guided, selective internalization externalization. Signs borders ...

OBJECTIVE to identify the presence of stress and depression among final year students of two nursing courses, and the association between these variables. METHOD an exploratory-descriptive study, undertaken with final-year students from the Bachelor's degree and Licenciate's degree courses at the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, of the University of São Paulo. The Perceived Stress Scale (PS...