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Three Lessons from the Benghazi Emails
Lessons learned: no one doubted a demonstration, the CIA made the big changes, and Susan Rice got hosed
An Easier PTSD Diagnosis
Being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could get easier following the upcoming annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association where the...
Judge: Soldier Premeditated Iraq Killings
A military judge has found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in...
How to Perform in a Clutch
In a vulnerable moment, it helps to reaffirm your personal values
Relax: It’s Good For Your Genes
While it might seem that your body and brain aren't doing much when you're on break, relaxing triggers a flurry of genetic activity that is responsible for some...
Brain Scans Can Predict Which Alcoholics Are Most Likely to Relapse
For any addiction, external cues and stress can trigger cravings that are hard to resist, and the latest research points to an area of the brain that might be...
What If Your Smartphone Could Shape-Shift into a Stress Ball?
Imagine your phone physically transforming into a gamepad...or a stress ball.
The Five Most Stressful Places to Live in the U.S.
There’s a reason why that if you want to take a vacation, you go to Hawaii.
Depressive Thinking Can Be Contagious
We don't think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying...
These Are the Best and Worst Jobs of 2013
Because we love to compare ourselves to other people.
Moral Injury: “A Profound Sense of Alienation and Abject Shame”
After more than a decade of war, post-traumatic stress disorder – PTSD -- is unfortunately a too-familiar term. It is recognized in the Diagnostic and...
Social Isolation, Not Just Feeling Lonely, May Shorten Lives
Feeling lonely seems to go hand in hand with being isolated, but there's a difference, according to a growing body of research. It's no secret that people who...
Reduce Stress with Self-Compassion
You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, and people are counting on you. Since you can’t eliminate bouts of intense stress, you have to learn to...
Needle This: Study Hints at How Acupuncture Works to Relieve Stress
Needles may not seem like the best tool for treating stress, but acupuncture could be tapping into basic biological systems that keep stress under control. ...
Does “Stress” Hide Deeper Social Problems?
Stress has become our own personal predicament to solve instead of something caused by social ills
How Stress Gets Under the Skin: Q&A With Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen
A professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller University, Bruce McEwen investigates how stress affects the mind and brain. He has published over 700 research...
US Lawmakers Visit Cuba
(HAVANA) — A delegation of American lawmakers led by Sen. Patrick Leahy arrived in Cuba on Monday to gauge the island's economic changes and stress the...
The Most Stressed Out Generation? Young Adults
The latest survey shows stress is on the decline overall, but still hover above healthy levels, especially for young adults. In the national Stress in America...
Firefighters Pop High-Tech Pills to Monitor Vitals Wirelessly
Firefighters in Oz take the red pill because it might save their lives.
The Third Surge
The number of suicides in the ranks of the U.S. military has more than doubled since 9/11. According to data released unofficially by the Pentagon on Monday,...
