Women’s Health Newsflash: Stress and Health Effects, Good Stress, Plus Ways to Destress in 5 Minutes Flat

Who has time to read it all? This week we’re doing a newsflash a day on the health topics you need to know about to stay healthy. (I know I said Monday-Friday, but here’s a bonus!) Today’s topic: Stress.

Poll: Stress of Debt Takes Physical Toll
The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck — and the back and the head and the stomach — for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they’re much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. And not just little stuff; this means ulcers, severe depression, even heart attacks. Read More >>>

Good Stress vs. Bad Stress
The word ’stress’ have a lot of negative connotations — It conjures images of a frazzled harridan chain-smoking, working late into the night and snapping at every simple request. But the truth is, stress plays an important role in our lives. Read More >>>

52 Ways to Reduce Stress
Deadlines, work, overbooked schedules … we all have stress in our lives. Finding ways to cope with and release stress is essential to a pleasant and happy life. Goodness knows the things that are creating stress probably aren’t going away anytime soon. Read More >>>

De-Stress in 5 Minutes or Less
If you’ve got five minutes, you have enough time to try one of these stress busters. What are you waiting for? Try one now! Read More >>>

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