Stress

Men in a cave: Why awareness is our way out to the light

A medtech founder shares five awareness practices for mental and physical health that restore balance and reduce daily stress.

Awareness practices for health — person meditating in natural light, symbolic exit from Plato's cave.
Soldiers take a break at the border with Gaza. The battle against PTSD is a moral and national imperative.

Digital attention exercises reduce soldiers’ PTSD risk, study shows

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Brick by brick: Lessons from the walls of Jerusalem

Region + Ashwagandha

Under stress? A new plant-based Region has been launched with added ashwagandha


Stressed? Bloated? The two may just be connected

Most of us sometimes suffer from stomach pains, bloating and heartburn, and the reason for this is often unrelated to the food we eat; it's our mood.

 Stress (illustrative).

10 ways to deal with feeling overwhelmed and help ourselves

While exhausted and overwhelmed as a country, it behooves each of us to rise up in spite of our malaise, and come up with an action plan that strengthens us all.

 FOCUS ON the positive in others.

Israelis get this rash all the time - this is why

People feel stressed quite often in Israel. Beyond the mental state, there are some medical conditions that can erupt as a result of stress.

 Person with rash (illustrative)

Do you have itchy red spots on your skin? This is why

Life in Israel can be very stressful, but that stress can lead to you breaking out in hives. Here's what you need to know about this.

 Person with rash (illustrative)

Want to be productive? Here are five ways to stop procrastinating

Even if we don't want to see ourselves as such, most of push things off. A few of us have even turned into chronic procrastinators, so what can we do?

 Working from home

Overwhelmed at your computer? Close some tabs - study

Researchers conducted remote interviews via video conferencing software with 17 total participants in order to collect data.

 A woman is frustrated while working from her computer with notebooks all around her (Illustrative)

Israel in crisis: Political, security stress threaten peace of mind

A lot of circumstances can lead to stress and, unfortunately, the nature of Israel doesn’t help prevent that. But eventually, the sirens are quiet.

 POLICE BLAST water cannons to disperse protesters in Tel Aviv, March 27.

This is how to get through Passover without any migraines

The holiday season allows us a break and rest from work and routine, but for those who suffer from migraines, such a routine change can be particularly painful.

Migraine (illustrative)

Have an extreme reaction to certain sounds? You may have misphonia

The researchers gave 772 participants a questionnaire as a way for them to understand the intensity and complexity of misophonia while judging the causes of the noise and reactions.

 IT’S JUST too loud.

Stressed a lot? It may increase your risk of Alzheimer's

Permanent anxiety and stress can have all kinds of negative effects on the brain and even increase the risk of getting Alzheimer's.

Anxiety (illustrative).