If you’re barely holding it together this week, you’re not alone, and the toll of chronic stress isn't limited to emotional suffering. High stress can set the stage for heart disease, too, a new study suggests.
Doctors who studied people diagnosed with a stress-linked condition found they had a 60 percent increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the following year, compared to their less-stressed siblings.
Like lots of us, Jessica and Chris Calise thought they were doing the right thing when then let their 9-year-old sleep in their room when he was scared at night.
But the boy’s fears soon expanded to include performance anxiety and stomach aches whenever he had to do anything alone.
When comforting and consoling their son seemed to make things worse, the family turned to a Yale University program that helps anxious kids by coaching parents how to better deal with the child’s fears.
The trick: Help the child “ride the wave of anxiety,” but don’t rescue. It’s working for this family.
What is CRISPR? A gene-therapy technique that researchers think it might just provide the crucial key to treating a number of heartbreaking illnesses, including sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.
Traditional gene therapy uses viruses to insert new genes into cells, which has caused some safety problems in past attempts at gene therapy for patients.
Instead, using CRISPR, scientists can directly and precisely make changes in the DNA, using targeted molecular tools.
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