Aromatherapy May Ease Work Stress

Aromatherapy could help relieve work-related stress among oncology nurses, according to the results of a small study.

When an essential oil was diffused in the nurses station at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the nurses reported being less affected by tension, worry, and demands.

"A patient who had a diffuser in her room was saying how much it helped her; that's how we got the idea of seeing whether it could help our staff," Kelly Tomlinson-Pinkham, MSN, RN, OCN, told Medscape Medical News.

>READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE to learn about research that shows that complementary alternative medicine approaches, including aromatherapy, can help ease psychological stress.

Searching for You, using those paid sites to find people info

Finding information about someone has never been easier, thanks to Google. But, have you ever been tempted to pay for one of those "people search" websites to see what you can really find out about someone?

FactFinder 12 wanted to find out, so we paid for subscriptions to two of those services, Spokeo and Intelius. We then set up at the Wichita Public Library to see what we could learn about some volunteers.

The websites found relatives, jobs, email and home addresses, home values, age, race and education level. There was even a section for court records.

READ ON to find more detail how public records are available from 

Most Fitness Apps Don't Use Proven Motivational Techniques

If you downloaded a fitness app and didn't become a workout ninja, it may be that the app lacked the scientifically tested motivational techniques that would help get you off the couch.

Instead, most popular fitness apps focus more on teaching you how to do the exercise, according to researchers at Penn State University who analyzed the 200 top apps.

"You need motivational support to turn that knowledge into action," saysDavid Conroy, a kinesiology professor at Penn State who led the study, which was published Tuesday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

And that's where most of the 200 apps examined fell flat.

READ MORE to find out which apps used motivational rewards from Health News From NPR