alpha amylase/fatigue

Homeless youth experience many daily stressors, including hunger, poor sleep, harassment, and violence. Many also have been victims of child abuse and/or neglect, witnessed family and/or community violence, and/or lived in foster care prior to leaving the home setting - exposures labeled as adverse

Scientific and clinical Background There is very good evidence that the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis is disturbed in depression. There is some evidence that the stress system also plays a role in attention deficit disorder (ADHD ) (O'Connor, Heron et al. 2002). The investigators have

Abstract Background: Work breaks at close intervals are common in fields with high workload but not yet for medical operators. We evaluated the effects of intraoperative breaks (five minutes every half hour) on the surgeon and on the patient. Methods: Operations were randomized to either a scheme