Perhaps the most significant background stressor is the ever increasing rate of change experienced in modern society. The acceleration of change is graphically illustrated in the following historical time chart: High speed mass communication has changed the way we think about the world by shrinking distances and giving us a global village view of world [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]