Stress Relief, Health and Wellness Blog

// Stressful jobs that pay badly

Social workers step in when everyone else steps aside to help people and families in vulnerable situations. They provide patients with education and counseling, advise care givers and make referrals for other services. And with social workers in short supply and programs underfunded, few must juggle the work of [...]

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Asthma and swine flu: Here’s what to do

Nearly one-third, or 28 percent, of adults and children hospitalized with H1N1, also known as swine flu, have asthma. That’s more than any other chronic condition, according to a recent analysis of cases published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
If you do have asthma and get [...]

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Hulk Hogan says he considered suicide after breakup

Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, credits boxer and “Gladiators” [...]

// Internet addiction linked to ADHD, depression in teens

Some children and teens are more likely than their peers to become addicted to the Internet, and a new study suggests it’s more likely to happen if kids are depressed, hostile, or have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or social phobia. Although an Internet addiction is not [...]

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Slain Mother Blogged Husband Was Stressed at Work
Fox news reported that the slayen wife had posted a blog about her husband being stressed at work before he killed her and the family.
How sad. And how ………… well stupid. Why kill your family? I think the media should come down more harshly in condemning the [...]

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Reality TV passed on balloon boy’s family

One thing about the Heene family appears to be true, at least according to one sheriff: The story of a boy floating away in a homemade helium balloon was a hoax, dreamed up by the Heenes in the hopes they could land a reality TV deal, according to [...]

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To fight swine or H1N1 flu, arm your immune system with diet, rest

Why boost your immune system? It’s what protects you from diseases. It’s designed to defend the body against millions of toxins, parasites, bacteria and microbes that would love to invade the body and make it their home.
But in order to protect [...]

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Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars

In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996.
Trapped in his gloomy cell and serving a 20-year sentence that [...]

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Biodots from Stress Market on Today Show on msnbc
Our biodots were featured on the Today Show on msnbc during a program to help people get healthy in 40 days. Our biodots were the product used to teach stress management and relaxation. Our product was shown but they did not give our address – boo [...]

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Are You Magnifying Your Stress?

Have you ever found yourself stressing and obsessing over something that’s happened in the past? (Actually, this is such a common experience, I should be asking, ‘When’s the last time you found yourself stressing and obsessing…”) Whether it’s a conversation gone wrong that you keep playing and replaying in your [...]