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Overall Cancer rates in NZ

Heart disease in Maori tane are three times higher than Pakeha males

Heart disease rates in NZ

Lung cancer rates in Maori wahine & tane are nearly four (4) times higher than in Pakeha respectively

Overall Cancer rates in NZ

Renal failure due to diabetes in Maori are nearly seven (7) times higher than in Pakeha respectively

Overall Cancer rates in NZ

"When you're chronically stressed, those physiologic changes, over time, can lead to health problems”

Jay Winner, MD, author of Take the Stress Out of Your Life and director of the State Stress Management Program, California.

Know the effects

Stress isn't only a feeling. "Stress isn't just in your head," Winner says. It's a built-in physiologic response to a threat.

When you're stressed, your body responds. Your blood vessels constrict. Your blood pressure and pulse rise. You breathe faster. Your bloodstream is flooded with hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline.

Other effects of Chronic Stressors

Anger is often associated with frustration - things do not always happen the way you want and people do not always behave the way you think you should.

Anger is usually linked with other negative emotions or is a response to them.

You may be feeling hurt, frightened, disappointed, worried, embarrassed or frustrated, but may express these sorts of feelings as anger.

Anger can also result from misunderstandings or poor communication between people.

Examples of…

It is very common for people to feel frustrated and angry at the same time -- both emotions are the results of their inability to achieve their objectives.

Another cause for anger is feeling inadequate and disrespected; humans normally feel furious when you believe that you are not being treated equally, fairly and justly.

What Can Make People Angry?

The most common factors that make people angry are:

Grief - losing a loved one. Injustice Tiredness Hunger Pain Alcohol, some drugs, alcohol abuse, drug abuse Withdrawal from drugs or some medications Some physical conditions (such as pre-menstrual syndrome) Physical illness Mental illness

What Can Make People Angry?

Being teased or bullied Humiliation Embarrassment Deadlines Traffic jams

More common factors that make people angry:

Disappointment Failure Infidelity Burglary Financial problems

Why is stress a killer?

Anger is not usually a good solution to problems, even if it seems helpful in the short term.

Unbridled anger creates problems - sometimes for you and often for others around you.

People with anger issues are more likely to have problems with personal relationships or work, verbal and physical fights and/or damaged property.

They can also experience anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, psychosomatic illnesses and problems with alcohol or drugs.

Why is stress a killer?

Redressing anger is about understanding your anger and why it happens.

It is about learning and practicing better ways of expressing anger, or if possible, knowing how to prevent it from occurring in the first place.

Specifically, redressing anger is about knowing the triggers and early warning signs of anger, and learning techniques to calm down and vary the situation before our anger gets the better of us.

TIPS On Ameliorating AngerOne of the greatest things you will ever achieve is learning coping skills if you have a hot temperament. Here’s some tips designed to help us to understand the results of anger and give us some insights into dealing with temper problems.

Consider Your Image Consider Others Views Do Not Hold a Grudge Be Forgiving C’est la vie -- That’s Life Find an Acceptable Outlet Know Your Limits

TIPS On Ameliorating Anger

Calm down

Show mutual respect

Name the problem

Find solutions

Choose the best solution

Congratulate yourself

Review the solution that was picked