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Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart disease'
- kbart 10y agoIs 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.
- sgwealti 10y agoIt was but there wasn't a lot of information about how stress caused heart disease. This article talks about a potential mechanism for how it happens.
- cpncrunch 10y agoWe already knew that the amygdala activates the sympathetic nervous system during stress, which causes inflammation, and this was suspected to be the reason for heart disease. This study just provides more experimental evidence.
- 0xcde4c3db 10y ago> 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).
- aladoc99 10y agoOff the top of my head, stress reduction and meditation are part of the Dean Ornish program, which has some evidence for slowing atherosclerosis progression. Next question is, would causing a reduction in activity in the amygdala lead to reduced cardiovascular events?
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- cpncrunch 10y agohttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399903005737 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399903... http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/2/1/25.short http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/2/1/25.short
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoI don't even see how one could have effective "stress management" provided by a US health insurance company or healthcare provider. Good luck getting treated for GAD without first some random SSRIs and blood pressure med cocktails.
- BeetleB 10y agoMy insurance company covers counselors for "medically necessary" reasons. What constitutes medically necessary is up to the counselor. They know how to bill it so you're covered.
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- WillPostForFood 10y agoMeditation has a growing body of evidence that it reduces stress, not sure if it reaches high quality threshold yet. But there is very little harm in trying it (versus diet or pharma interventions). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/26/harvard-neuroscientist-meditation-not-only-reduces-stress-it-literally-changes-your-brain/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05...
- ipunchghosts 10y agoThis is great news. Except now, how do quell activity in the amygdala?
- supernumerary 10y agoPsilocybin
- VonGuard 10y agoActually, this is the best answer here. This is basically exactly what shrooms do to the brain.
- ohyes 10y agoWhen do we get /that/ on the ballot?
- Dirlewanger 10y agoOnce all the baby boomers drop dead. Seriously.
- cpncrunch 10y agoAs well as a lot of other stuff, which you may or may not want.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoNot to be the link guy, but links? Like PET imagery of amygdala suppression after administration?
- ClayM 10y agobeer?
- magic_beans 10y agoMeditation and yoga practice.
- HillaryBriss 10y agoA 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
- ohyes 10y agoA nice smooth refreshing cigarette, and it will give you lung cancer before the heart disease kicks in.
- coldtea 10y agoYou'd be surprised. There are far more heart disease than lung cancer deaths in the US -- and has been so since forever (4 times more or so). In fact the number of lung cancers peaked in 2014 -- way after smoking became a faux pas. It was less when everybody and their dog smoked.
- xvedejas 10y agoWow, this is a great example of dishonest statistics. The rate of lung cancer deaths peaked somewhere around 1985-95. This being the population that began smoking back in the 50s and 60s, by my estimate. You can't use raw numbers here because population has changed substantially in the US over the years.
- sjg007 10y agoAnd smoking causes heart disease...
- mr_overalls 10y agoOr raise your chances of heart disease itself, or a stroke.
- lg 10y agowhy leave your desk?
- DoodleBuggy 10y agoSee? Don't overthink it.
- browseatwork 10y agoI 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_your_friend https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...