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Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart disease'

by robinwarren on 1/12/17, 10:01 AM with 30 comments

  • by 0xcde4c3db on 1/13/17, 2:41 PM

    > Heart experts said at-risk patients should be helped to manage stress.

    Is there any high-quality evidence that "stress management" interventions actually lead to a medically significant reduction in biological stress? I see this sort of thing mentioned in passing in lots of places as a potential mitigation, but studies that actually examine its effectiveness seem to be in short supply, and what I can dig up quickly seems to be low-quality (underpowered, not randomized, not controlled).

  • by HillaryBriss on 1/13/17, 4:03 PM

    A long time ago people reduced stress during the work day by stepping away from their desks, going outside, and enjoying a cool, relaxing, mentholated product from the Philip Morris company
  • by browseatwork on 1/13/17, 7:20 PM

    I wonder how this relates to other findings about the relationship between stress, health, and mortality. It's a TED talk, but I found it to have some practical and interesting conclusions. Beliefs about stress impact how much harm stress causes.

    https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...

  • by kbart on 1/13/17, 2:16 PM

    Is this new? I've heard for years that stress causes all kinds of health issues (first of all, heart disease) and thought it's universal knowledge.
  • by ipunchghosts on 1/13/17, 2:41 PM

    This is great news. Except now, how do quell activity in the amygdala?
  • by DoodleBuggy on 1/13/17, 6:32 PM

    See? Don't overthink it.