Worryingly for some, evidence is emerging that high stress levels contribute to intellectual clumsiness.
Too-high stress hormone levels are directly linked to gastrointestinal problems, lowered immune response, anxiety disorders and depression.
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Given the high stress and potential risks of juggling tasks, why do so many people do it?
During high stress activities or in high altitudes those with the disease are at risk for organ degradation and even death.
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Despite high stress levels and a need for downtime, people feel like they have too much to do to take time off.
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Others have said that I need to suck it up and that high stress is part of what it means to be an entrepreneur.
As Next Avenue blogger Nancy Collamer has noted: High stress levels due to a workplace bully can undermine your performance at work and harm your health.
Blame the combination of high stress and scarce career opportunities.
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An estimated 8.9 billion animals a year are raised in confinement where cramped conditions, a lack of exercise (or fresh air), and high stress environment necessitate the use of antibiotics.
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What's clear for now, he emphasizes, is that people who suffer from high stress levels can foster better and more creative problem-solving simply by taking a few moments to focus on something that's personally important to them.
If you look at a population and say, OK, here are people who have a high proportion of unaccompanied men, very high stress levels because of the immigration experience, some - there's some evidence of untreated STDs being fairly high.
"It's a time of high stress and if they are surrounded by noisy siblings who have music blasting out or are playing noisy video games it can be hard to concentrate and feel like every one else is enjoying themselves, " she says.
They can do this by developing trust and likeability, maintaining control of their personal emotions during periods of high stress, and having a thorough understanding of their own needs as well as the needs, desires, and thought process of the people they work with.
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These "difficult" doctors were 12 times as likely as the low-difficulty doctors to say they were burned out, nearly four times as likely to report high stress, and more than nine times as likely to say they had provided "suboptimal care" in the past year.
The high-stress, high visibility papal position will certainly be a test of his endurance.
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Some research suggests that it helps relieve stress under high-stress conditions (such as loss of a loved one, divorce, job loss, etc).
One high-stress trip can result in a relationship flameout or the discovery of true love.
The high-stress work often puts these airmen on the razor's edge between saving a life and losing their own.
Having hundred of combat missions in World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam, he knew about making decisions in high-stress environments.
Those who are experiencing such high financial stress feel it every day.
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"When people are entering a high-stress period, they don't sleep and don't exercise, but in fact, it should be just the opposite, " says Loehr.
The practice is becoming more and more prevalent among high-stress jobs, with everyone from hedge fund founders, Facebook employees, and Russell Simmons following suit.
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You may think you have the worst job in America but are you always on call and facing a deadline, working in a high-stress environment, all for very little pay?
Diners haven't been exposed to quality fat in recent years because pigs raised on a bad diet or living in high-stress environments will have yellowish fat that smells putrid.
Levity is needed in a high-stress profession like medicine.
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The addition of the Fan Drive Gear System added only seven moving parts, but the 18-inch-diameter gearbox had to be engineered to withstand thousands of high-stress takeoffs and landings without maintenance.
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Companies that push emotions out of their corporate culture, claiming that they do not belong in business, will more than likely find it difficult to emerge successfully during these crisis and high-stress moments.
Confronted with one son who wanted to make a film about how tests were ruining his high school, and another son whose stress over the high-stakes tests led him to scratch his legs during his sleep, Michele decided to take the problem seriously.
Their research showed that these elite athletes displayed high levels of stress management, interpersonal skills, and self regard.
Studies show that French pupils report unusually high levels of stress and anxiety.
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