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Who is susceptible to stress?

At some point in life, virtually everyone will experience stressful events or situations that overwhelm his or her natural coping mechanisms. People respond to stress differently, depending on different factors such as early nurturing, personality traits, genetic factors, immune-regulated diseases, and the duration and intensity of stressors.

Nevertheless, studies indicate that some people are more vulnerable to the effects of stress than others. The very young and the very old, for instance, can be prone to stress-related illness, though stress often goes unnoticed in these age groups. Others at risk include:
* Women in general, but particularly working mothers
* Less-educated individuals
* Divorced or widowed individuals
* The unemployed
* Isolated individuals
* People who are targets of racial or sexual discrimination
* City-dwellers.

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Poison in the pool - During the UK's national Swimfit week in June I took my 14-month-old son to our local pool. It was so dirty I refused to take him in. Sunlight streami...

When it isn’t a killer - Non-lethal cancers, spontaneous remissions, people with genetic risk factors who don’t get cancer in their lifetime - these things are neither mystica...

High-intensity exercise yields extra heart effects - The risk of heart disease steadily decreases as the intensity of exercise increases.

Letting mothers lead - What do mothers want from midwives? Over the years, I have been privileged to listen to many mothers. No matter what their age or experience most wan...

Stress may cause diseases in later life - Many of the diseases we associate with ageing - such as heart disease, cancer, dementia and stroke - may be the result of lifelong, poorly managed str...

Diabetes link to obesity - Evidence to link diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) to obesity is mounting. Although the condition is, in part, thought to be...

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