a new study by penn state found most people have lower levels of stress hormones cortisol when they re working. what? experts say there are a number of reasons why people are more stressed at home. let me think of a few kids, chores, less free time and not being paid or appreciated. very true. traffic coming to a halt in london because of this giant, humongous octopus. the owner says it was being take ton a film location when the truck broke down. they apologized for any inconvenience. take you back a little? well, that s the cover of michael jackson s hit billie jean creating a lot of buzz. the bottle boys cover top artists using bottles as makeshift instruments. good job, guys. bizarre attempted murder plot that happened in wisconsin. prosecutors say two 12-year-old
technology. but even that group acknowledges the challenge is not here in the u.s. most people have modern gas and electric stoves. the problem is for the 3 billion people in the developing world who still use fuels like coal, charcoal, crop waste, wood and dung. hazy here s a finding it turns out women have happier at work than at home. all americans view work as a point of stress. stress hormones dropped significantly at work particularly for women. apparently working regular hours help people to relax. women have not just less stressed at work. they are happier at home as well. a california woman has filed a federal lawsuit for her arrest for clapping. the woman is a long-time
really think they are happy? you know, or not feeling stressed at work because they have no control over the work space, they have no sense of am i going to be here for the long-term and be able it take care of my family over the long-term? i don t know what the methodology of this particular study is, but i would wonder what is their class size that they re surveying. it will be interesting to see if there are differences in class. this is purely speculation. the methodology that they used in terms of obtaining the results. this wasn t sort of self-reporting how do you feel. they actually measured stress hormones to find where they were higher, and a lot of their participants were surprised to find that their stress hormones were higher at home. who were they measuring? i know the second shift is real. i iced to go home before i had kids, before you had kids, and we would slump down on the couch and maybe have a glass of wine and relax. now we might have that glass of wine and ob
a constant problem remembering where you kept your keys or last names or first names, she should laugh it off. patti ann browne has the details of this. are you stressing out over losing your memory? well, don t because stress makes your memory worse and new research suggests that laughter improves short-term memory by lowering stress hormones. a university in california studied older adults. half watched a funny video for 20 minutes while the others sat calmly without the video. afterwards their memory was tested and those that got to laugh scored better. why? saliva was also taken from the participants and the samples were analyzed for the stress hormone cortisol which harms memory. those that watched a video had lower cortisol levels. the immune system works better and switches brain waves to a more efficient gamma frequency
with a broad brush. but there s the practical people probably are not eating well, sleeping well, they can collapse from fatigue, obviously as you see there. there s more than that, though. the cortisol levels in your body, the stress hormones, on a regular basis they go up and down. it s a natural cycle. in a situation like this, the levels don t really come down as much so you have an increased heart rate, increased blood pressure and you re also on edge and that may manifest by looking at usually harmless threats and perceiving them as more dangerous. these can be some of the manifestations. i should point out, jim, this is a period immediately after this missing plane went missing what they call a heroic effort that despite everything that you see there, they feel like the entire world is focused on this. they are paying attention. they are helping our families look for our lived ones and that can buoy up their feelings but