The findings may give vital clues to the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Each weekday, roughly 1 million adults in ...

Psychologists explain how to stop feeling overwhelmed using science-backed techniques that help lower stress and improve mood ...

Moreover, excess cortisol can increase sodium retention, leading to fluid buildup in tissues. Fluid buildup can cause a ...

Stress is a natural response to life’s challenges. However, chronic or excessive stress can cause behavioral shifts, such as changes in appetite and sleep patterns, increased reliance on substances, ...

The way stress manifests is very much bodily, centred around hormones such as cortisol and their effect on us. But this process is triggered by the brain (notably the amygdala and the hypothalamus) ...

The holiday season causes some to feel particularly overwhelmed, and learning how to manage stress — irrespective of season — is important to one’s overall health.

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

Stress can accelerate the depletion of pigment-producing cell progenitors, which is a natural aging process. But this may be ...

Stress incontinence is urine leakage due to pressure on the bladder, which may occur with sneezing, coughing, laughing, or exercise. It commonly occurs in older females. Stress incontinence affects ...

Each weekday, roughly 1 million adults in the U.S. miss work because of stress, according to Zippia Research. Absenteeism induced by depression and other mental health conditions costs businesses $51 ...