Archive for the 'History of Stress' Category

Is Stress Causing You to Pull Your Hair Out?

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Concern that stress will cause you to lose hair has been around for a long time.
Just to amuse you I am sharing a dissertation that I came across in a book called The Art of Preserving the Hair written by Septimus Prowett, Old Bond Street, London in 1825.  Please avoid taking umbrage at some [...]

Climatic Stress - An Historical Perspective.

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

The relationship between humans and climate is a topic of universal interest.  Coping with climatic stress will become a major issue for the world as climate change increases the severity of weather events.
Keeping it all in perspective is important and that is why I have included the following extract from a Symposium organised by the [...]