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Fear of crime doubles depression risk, study finds
October 03, 2008
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Reflections on Fear
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertWe all have fears. Fear is a universal and common emotional reaction, but it's also something of a... Read more »
Overestimating Fear
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...words, as the threat level increases so does the fear. Fearful people react differently and this... Read more »
Fear of Flying
By Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D. , Health ExpertFasten your seat belt: Summer is here! For many of us, we'll finally have a chance to take that... Read more »
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Aviophobia or Fear of Flying
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... Read more »Mindfulness Part 6: The Fear Factor
We are making a transition from mindfulness to managing stress. The two interact: stress is our major mood trigger. Mindfulness helps us spot our triggers while we can still manage them. Working from... Read more »Normal Age-Related Forgetting and the Fear of Alzheimer’s Disease
I have often heard people quietly wonder if their memory lapses could really be Alzheimer’s Disease. Research in this area is scanty, but preliminary results find that fear of Alzheimer’s Disease... Read more »ADAA on Social Anxiety
Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is an intense, persistent fear of being scrutinized and negatively evaluated by others in social or performance situations. The 15 million... Read more »Images
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Study: Drinking dampens fear
October 03, 2008Researchers using a new brain scan have discovered that drinking alcohol actually dampens a person's ability to feel fear. Using a technology known... Read summary »
Fear of pain puts backache patients at further risk
October 03, 2008People who fear making a backache worse may be putting themselves at risk for further injury, researchers warn. In an Ohio University study, doctors... Read summary »
Lay-off fears can lead to healthcare mistakes
February 11, 2009With troubling job-loss reports coming out every month, you may be among the millions of Americans who fear being laid off from their jobs. And... Read summary »
When does fear become panic?
June 10, 2009Experts say that though modern life has erased many of our day-to-day risks, it's modern life that now is the source of most of our fears. From... Read summary »
E-mails exploit swine flu fears
April 28, 2009"Spammers" began taking advantage of the public's swine flu fears by flooding the Internet with fake e-mails Monday. According to Internet security... Read summary »
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