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Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress Study: An Exploratory Analysis of Post-traumatic Stress, Depression, Metabolic Syndrome and Salivary Cortisol

Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress Study: An Exploratory Analysis of Post-traumatic Stress, Depression, Metabolic Syndrome and Salivary Cortisol By: Published on 2008 by ProQuest Chronic stress has been hypothesized to lead to depression, as well as a multitude of medical ailments. It is postulated that stress, depression, and metabolic syndrome exhibit the potential to share a common pathway through disordered cortisol production and/or regulation. Furthermore, chronic stress can lead to changes in cortisol responses, which in turn permits allostatic overload to occur within the body and the brain. There is also evidence that the source of stress can be occupationally related, in addition to the stressors of everyday life. Certain occupational groups are more frequently exposed to stressors in the work place, as is the case of the active duty police officer. Occupational stressors can place police officers at increased risk for depression and post-traumatic stress dis...

Evolution of Cardio-Metabolic Risk from Birth to Middle Age

Evolution of Cardio-Metabolic Risk from Birth to Middle Age By:"Gerald S. Berenson" Published on 2011-07-09 by Springer Science & Business Media That precursors of adult coronary artery disease, hypertension, and type II diabetes begin in childhood have been clearly established by the Bogalusa Heart Study. This unique research program has been able to follow a biracial (black/white) population over 35 years from childhood through mid-adulthood to provide perspectives on the natural history of adult heart diseases. Not only do these observations describe trajectories of cardio-metabolic risk variables leading to these diseases but provide a rationale for the need to begin prevention beginning in childhood. The trajectories of the burden of cardio-metabolic risk variables in the context of their fetal origin and chromosome telomere dynamics provide some insight into the metabolic imprinting in utero and aging process. The observed racial contrasts on cardio-metabolic risk v...