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    particularly in their adolescent years‚ face various kinds of pressure and experience stress and anxiety. Participation in physical activities can act as a stress buster for them. Researches have shown that when a person exercises‚ the levels of cortisol‚ a stress hormone‚ get reduced. stress. Taking a P.E. class can help relieve stress from home or from school work. Most students would agree that P.E. is needed for the mental break from memorizing formulas‚ remembering dates‚ and

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    but as well as your health. Researchers from the Universities of Michigan and Virginia concluded that vain men who registered strong characteristics of destructive narcissistic traits like entitlement and exploitativeness had far higher levels of cortisol‚ which is a known stress hormone that leads to high blood pressure and heart troubles. When you are working yourself up so much on how great you are you are working up your blood pressure. Be confident in what you do. Have fun with what you are

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    Australian Journal of Emergency Management‚ 15‚ 58-63. Silove‚ D.‚ & Zwi‚ A. (2005). Translating Compassion into Psychosocial Aid After the Tsunami. The lancet‚ 365‚ 269-271. Sriram‚ K.‚ Rodriguez-Fernandez‚ M.‚ & Doyle‚ F. (2012). Modeling Cortisol Dynamics in the Neuro-endocrine Axis Distinguishes Normal‚ Depression‚ and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Humans. PLoS Computational Biology‚ 8‚ 1-15.

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    Social Support is a multidimensional construct which is not unilaterally beneficial i.e. maladaptive vicarious learning; Dependence; Provision of bad advice. It is generally thought that the more social support a person receives the more beneficial upon their health and well-being. Access to appropriate resources may protect the individual from the deleterious effects of stress Martin (1989). Lazarus and Folkman (1984) state all else being equal‚ morale‚ health and functional capabilities will be

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    Stress Causes Aging Mercedes Malcolm Anatomy & Physiology Honors P5 May 16‚ 2013 Blanche Ely High School Submitted to Dr.Torres Table of Contents Page 3.……………………………………….....................................................Abstract Page 4.………………..………….................................................................Introduction Page 5.……………………………...........................................................................Body Page 10.……………………………......................

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    more than once‚ or not at all) A. FSH K. PTH B. LH L. Oxytocin C. TSH N. ADH D. HGH O. Adrenaline E. ACTH P. Aldosterone F. Thyroxin Q. Glucagon G. Calcitonin R. Insulin H. Cortisol S. Estrogen I. Testosterone W. Progesterone 1. ______ Hormone

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    Institute of Health. (2012‚ February 22). Why Is Sleep Important? Retrieved from : http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sdd/why.html 4. Payne‚ J. &Nadel‚ L. (2004). Sleep‚ dreams‚ and memory consolidation: The role of the stress hormone cortisol. Retrieved from :http://www.u.arizona.edu/~nadel/pdf/Learning%20&%20Memory%2004.pdf

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    that there is also a good side of technology advances. According to Dr. Rick Nauert‚ a Senior Editor of Psych Central‚ there was an unexpected discovery that playing video games helped human-beings reduce the production of the stress-related hormone cortisol (Psychcentral.com). In order to prove this‚

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    getting angry very easily‚ but it turns out that letting off a head of steam may bring physical benefits. Researchers have found that people who respond to high-stress situations with some righteous anger maintain lower blood pressure and secrete less cortisol‚ known as the stress hormone‚ than people who respond with fear or bottle up their feelings.  VIDEO GAMES - Despite being blamed for their part in the obesity epidemic‚ video games can actually help us get fit and lose weight. It turns out it actually

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    central nervous system instantly lets the rest of the body know what to do gathering all resources to the cause. What happens to the brain is that the hypothalamus gets the ball rolling which is telling the adrenal glands to release adrenaline and cortisol. If the perceived fear disappear the CNS is going to tell all the systems to go back to normal‚ it will take toll of the body. Symptoms of chronic stress include irritability‚ anxiety‚ and also depression. The body may suffer from headaches or insomnia

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