Stressed to the Limit: Just Say No...to Smoking?!!
People often rate their attempts to stop smoking as even more difficult than giving up alcohol or other drugs. The fact that tobacco is widely advertised, cigarettes are easy to obtain, and toxic effects are slow to deve..
Stressed to the Limit: Physiology of Stress, The
The field of psychoneuroimmunology seeks to understand the interaction between the immune system and the central nervous system. Most stress research is focused on the fight-fight reaction, and more recently threats to t..
Stressed to the Limit: Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Years ago people died of infectious diseases. Today many people die from conditions that are self imposed, lifestyle diseases that result from too much drinking or smoking, unhealthy diets, promiscuous sexual behavior. T..
Stressed to the Limit: Social Support and Emotional Correlates with Health
Researchers have found that social support correlates with healthy blood pressure and lower levels of stress hormones. People with a close network who were exposed to a virus that causes a common cold, then quarantined d..
Stressed to the Limit: Stress and Susceptibility to Disease
Certain physiological reactions to stress can increase our vulnerability to infections diseases like colds or flu. A number of researchers did a series of studies to determine why. One factor seems to be that lymphocytes..
Stressed to the Limit: Stressful Test, A
A college student reports to a psychology department's research lab, her assignment to give a prepared speech in association with a job interview. In this test situation called the Trier Social Stress Task, evaluators ha..
Stroke and Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about research that helps identify which patients are at highest risk for depression after a stroke. Dr. Leuchter explains that, "...It appears that stroke..
Struggle for Equality, The: Advances Against Discrimination
Professors William Julius Wilson and Gwendolyn Mink (daughter of the first woman of color elected to Congress) and Representative Loretta Sanchez from California's 46th district talk about the advances that have been mad..
Struggle for Equality, The: Divisions Between Minority Groups
The struggle for equality of opportunity continues along an uncertain path, sometimes pitting those engaged in the effort against each other. Tensions between racial minority groups over housing, employment, and resource..
Struggle for Equality, The: Early Restrictions on Political Involvement
The inclusive language of the U. S. Constitution was not reflected in the way it was initially applied.. Many people who were here at the founding were excluded from the country's political processes: white women, blacks..