Hating your job is as bad for your health as being unemployed, researchers warn

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2237371/Hating-job-bad-health-unemployed-researchers-warn.html A demanding job, nasty boss and poor job security are as bad for your mental health as being out of work Only those who enjoy their jobs fare better Also linked to increased risk of heart disease By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 07:35 EST, 23 November 2012 | UPDATED: 07:50 EST, 23 November 2012 Having […]

Watching pornography at work fuels worldwide addiction as two thirds of visits to top site are made from offices

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235301/Watching-pornography-work-fuels-worldwide-addiction-thirds-visits-site-offices.html By Kerry Mcdermott PUBLISHED: 12:32 EST, 19 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:51 EST, 19 November 2012 It sounds like a risky move for workers hoping to liven up a dull day in the office. But millions of people are surreptitiously viewing porn on their computers while they are at work, an expert has claimed. […]

Old habits die hard… but they can be overwritten: New study raises hopes for treatment of obsessive behaviours

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2226848/Old-habits-die-hard–overwritten-New-study-raises-hopes-treatment-obsessive-behaviours.html MIT researchers identify brain region that controls habitual behaviours They find old habits never go away, but can be replaced with new ones However, the potential to switch back to the old behaviour remains By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 07:23 EST, 2 November 2012 | UPDATED: 07:23 EST, 2 November 2012 Old habits: MIT researchers […]

Find your anxiety sweet spot: How just the right amount of stress can help you succeed, but too much and performance levels plummet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2162380/Find-anxiety-sweet-spot-How-just-right-stress-help-succeed-performance-levels-plummet.html By Victoria Wellman PUBLISHED: 16:51 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:51 EST, 20 June 2012 Despite the discomfort of high anxiety, sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat could be just the ticket to success. According to psychologists, somewhere between crippling anxiety and too much optimism is a ‘sweet spot’ where we perform at […]

Stress levels soars in US… and young women under 35 are among those bearing the brunt

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160502/Stress-levels-rising-U-S-young-women-feeling-worse-according-Carnegie-Mellon-study.html By Nina Golgowski PUBLISHED: 21:42 EST, 16 June 2012 | UPDATED: 22:36 EST, 16 June 2012 Feeling stressed? New figures reveal you’re not alone. Americans are more stressed out than they were 30 years ago with young women among those feeling the brunt of it a first ever assessment of individual stress levels in […]

Premature babies ‘at higher risk of developing severe mental health problems as adults’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2153168/Premature-babies-4-5-times-likely-suffer-severe-mental-health-problems-adults.html Study of 1.3m Swedish medical records reveals that premature babies are more likely to experience mental health problems that extend into adulthood By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 12:02 EST, 1 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:02 EST, 1 June 2012 Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of developing severe mental health problems as adults, warn […]

Children addicted to television face a lifetime hooked to the box say doctors as they warn a generation risks brain damage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147871/Children-addicted-television-face-lifetime-hooked-box-say-doctors-warn-generation-risks-brain-damage.html By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 18:24 EST, 21 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:24 EST, 21 May 2012 Today’s youngsters risk developing a lifelong dependency on TV and computer screens, Britain’s leading doctors will be told today. The growing addiction could leave a generation suffering damage to the body as well as the brain, a leading […]

Money and Happiness: China Surveys Suggest a Limited Link

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/china-happiness/ By Brandon Keim Email Author May 14, 2012 | 5:05 pm After two decades of extraordinarily rapid economic growth, people in China aren’t much happier than when they started, suggests a new review of happiness and national income in the world’s largest, most economically accelerated country. On the whole, China’s wealthy are slightly happier than […]

How work boredom is the new stress… and it affects everyone from office workers to those on the Afghan frontline

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138733/The-new-stress-From-office-frontline-study-says-suffering-workplace-boredom.html New studies suggest boredom in the workplace is growing More people want satisfying jobs Even surgeons on the battlefield suffer from boredom By Lyle Brennan and Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 22:11 EST, 2 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:17 EST, 3 May 2012 It saps our motivation, stops us from performing at our best and can […]

Power really does corrupt as scientists claim it’s as addictive as cocaine

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136547/Power-really-does-corrupt-scientists-claim-addictive-cocaine.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:11 EST, 28 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:19 EST, 28 April 2012 More than a hundred years after noted historian Baron John Acton coined the phrase ‘power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely’ scientists claim the saying is biologically true. The feeling of power has been found […]