A team of researchers at the University of Vienna has found that listening to music when stressed can boost a person's mood and help them relax. Watch this to know more.

Listening to music during stressful times can boost your mood

Stress in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination, accelerates the ageing of the immune system, potentially increasing a person’s risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and illness from infections such as COVID-19, according to a new USC study.

Study finds stress accelerates ageing of immune system, raises risk of cancer, other illnesses

Scientists have discovered that humans emit a different odour when they are under stress, and dogs have the ability to detect it. Previous research had shown that dogs can pick up on different emotions of humans through smell, but doubts remained whether they are able to find out if people are under stress.

Dogs can successfully sniff, detect when humans are under stress, says study  

Ever since the world got hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us have faced a number of challenges that we weren't expecting to tackle in the pre-COVID era. The challenging times tested us in ways more than one.

Study reveals stress levels in women at a 10-year high post-COVID

In an attempt to understand the ‘worry gap’ between the sexes ever since the Covid pandemic, a study has found that women are twice as likely to be worried when compared to men.

Women worry twice as much as men about life, children, parents post Covid pandemic: Study

A report by the Intergovernmental panel on climate change has revealed that climate change is affecting your mental health. This could happen in two ways, directly which means that extreme temperatures could cause stress and impact your day-to-day life and indirectly sometimes climate change can lead to job loss or force people to move, these life altering changes can be hard to adapt to.

WHO policy on Mental Health & Climate Change

A man from Kentucky, US, was awarded $450,000 in compensation after he complained against his former company for throwing a surprise birthday party for him. Kevin Berling, who was working as a lab technician at Gravity Diagnostics in Covington, claimed in his petition that the unwanted birthday party in 2019 gave him anxiety and panic attacks, BBC reported.

US man sues company for surprise birthday party, wins $450,000 compensation

It is known that a human’s emotion can very much be influenced by his social bindings. Stress, anxiety, and nervousness is largely attributed to their social behaviour.

Just like humans, elephants also experience stress while being alone, says study

It is a well-known fact that memes, once an obscure term during the pre-internet era, have emerged as one of the primary methods of communication in the 21st century.

Memes helped people cope up with Covid pandemic-related stress, says US study

To enhance employee health, Japan's largest brokerage company, Nomura, has advised its workers not to smoke during working hours, even if they work from home. The company released a memo stating that the new policy will take effect in October.

Japan firm asks staff not to smoke cigarettes even if working from home

As countries all around the world went into a complete lockdown in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic, people started picking up various habits such as cooking, meditation, exercising and more.

Nearly 652,000 people have started smoking in pandemic: Study

Zimbabwe is seeing a sharp upsurge in drug use. In drug use among its population, drug addicts say that crystal meth helps them forget about the stress of being unemployed.

Zimbabwe: Is meth addiction the newest epidemic?

It is no secret that stress levels are at an all-time high. Habits have transformed and life as we knew it, changed right in front of our eyes. A tangible psychological impact of going through this very tiring phase has manifested through different ways.

Easiest way to be stress-free? Smell good!

Have you been feeling extremely stressed lately? Scientists believe you could be at high risk of developing “broken heart syndrome”. Formally known as “takotsubo cardiomyopathy”, the syndrome causes weakening of heart’s pumping chamber.

Feeling stressed? You could be at high risk of developing 'broken heart syndrome'

Do you know stress can cause hypertension? Over 30% of the world's adult population suffers from it. Hypertension is also a major cause of premature deaths. Palki Sharma tells you all about the silent killer.

Gravitas: World Hypertension Day

Some people report feeling no stress at all, but there may be downsides to this feeling of feeling always super-charged, say researchers. The study showed that people, who reported experiencing no stress, were more likely to experience better daily well-being and fewer chronic health conditions.

Little stress a day good for brain, says study 

California has found a much different way to beat stress– by breaking things into a million little pieces in rage rooms. These rage rooms have gained popularity in the United States, the step has been taken to distress from the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on oneself.

California residents flock to Rage Rooms to fight COVID-19 stress

"rage room" just outside Los Angeles has found a steady stream of new customers looking to shed some stress by beating the heck out of things.

Novel idea to de-stress in California

India has been on lockdown since March 25, after Prime Minister had declared war on coronavirus and due to the surge in cases, the lockdown had extended. But there has not been much of an improvement and the number of cases continues to soar up, which means the self-imposed lockdown is nowhere near to the end.

Stress, Job, Food! Google trends display how Indians cope with lockdown

The lockdown has left everyone restricted to our homes leading to lack physical activity. Here are simple yoga poses which will help improve immunity, achieve a stable mind and healthy body.

Quick yoga tricks to boost immunity and manage anxiety during lockdown

Scientists have discovered why does stress speed up the process of hair turning grey in a recent study conducted by Harvard University. The researchers say they might have also discovered a potential way of preventing it from happening without using the dye.

Stress is making your hair turn grey: Study

Women who face heavy psychological pressures at work are more likely to gain weight, a study claims. The study, published in the journal International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, included data from over 3,872 participants in Sweden.

High-stress jobs make women put on weight, not men: Study

Work four days a week, but get paid for five? It sounds too good to be true, but companies around the world that have cut their work week have found that it leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff and less burnout.

Burnout, stress lead more companies to try four-day work week

The phrase ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ may just have a deeper meaning than one would think. Work-related stress has been a pressing issue for decades and, surprisingly, not many people really make an effort towards addressing the matter.

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