Stress isn’t good for our health. Virtually everyone has heard this at some point, whether it’s from a spouse, doctor or well-meaning friend. But isn’t pretty much everyone stressed out? Isn’t being ...

Constant stress, poor sleep, hormonal imbalance and nutritional deficiencies are increasingly affecting young women much ...

Allostatic load refers to the cumulative effects of stress on the body over time. The concept comes from a scientific theory on how stress affects physical health. According to the theory, high or ...

If you’ve scrolled social media at all over the past few years, you’ve probably come across content warning of the dangers of high cortisol levels in your body. Countless influencers claim that the ...

Measuring stress involves assessing a person’s physiological responses to stressors and, to a lesser extent, understanding the possible triggers for stress. Measuring stress may help a person or their ...

Insomnia and hazardous drinking are so closely intertwined that estimates suggest at least one-third, and as many as 91%, of people who have a hard time with sleep also misuse alcohol. A new study ...

A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones – not impaired cellular insulin signaling – may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell ...