For women undergoing fertility treatment, the decision over whether to tell their employer seems to have little effect on their general stress levels, a study advocates.

Researchers found that among 267 women undergoing treatment at the same fertility clinic, stress levels seemed to be unrelated to a woman’s choice to tell her boss and co-workers about the treatment.

Going into the study, the researchers had hypothesized that such disclosure might help ease stress for some women. Fertility treatment is time-consuming and bound to require taking time off from work; keeping the reason for work absences secret might, in theory, generate added anxiety for some women.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Up to eight months after suffering a concussion, female college-level soccer players still have impairment in certain mental functions, Canadian researchers report.

“Contrary to what’s typically thought, these effects are longer-lasting,” Dr. Dave Ellemberg of the University of Montreal told Reuters Health. “They’re mild, but yet they are prolonged.”

Most research on concussions to date has been in males, Ellemberg and his team note in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. And studies evaluating cognitive function after concussion have often included giving athletes the same test repeatedly, they add. Because study participants get better on the test with practice, Ellemberg noted in an interview, after the tests have been given three to four times “they’ve lost all their validity, basically.”

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People who go back to a stressful job after a heart attack are more prone to a second attack than those whose work isn’t stressful - a study says.

Canadian researchers followed some 1,000 patients returning to work.

In six years, over 200 suffered heart problems again. Those with job strain were twice as apt to fall ill.

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Researchers state both too much and too tiny sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.

Teams from the University of Warwick and University College London analyzed sleep patterns and death rates over two decades among 10,308 civil servants.

They found a doubled risk among those who cut their sleeping from seven to five hours a night compared to those who stuck to seven hours a night.

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Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oils. It is the ancient science of healing, relaxing and energizing the body by the use of plants and their parts. The word aromatherapy is derived from two words aroma which means smell and therapy which symbolizes healing.

Essential oils are the basis of aromatherapy the roots, barks, flowers, fruits, seeds and nuts are used for the distillation of oils. Each essential oil is an aromatic essence, distilled from a single botanical source. Essential oils are highly concentrated and should not be used directly. These oils can be mixed together and this blend is called synergy. The synergy is more potent than the individual oils. Since these oils are so potent in their concentrated form they’re mixed with easy oils called carrier oils like sweet almond, apricot kernel, or grape seed oil.

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