Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can damage the body's natural rhythm and disrupt the part of the brain involved ...

For many people, stress is part of everyday life. The demands of work, family, and other quotidian pressures can leave one feeling angry, agitated, anxious, downtrodden, or burned out. While these ...

When we’re under chronic stress, the body activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis — that’s our internal stress ...

Yelling at children triggers their brain's survival mode, releasing stress hormones and impacting their ability to feel safe.

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that eating fatty comfort foods can make the effects of stress worse, increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease. Grace Cary/Getty Images Studies show that ...

Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on ...

Millions of women throughout the world struggle with infertility. Oxidative stress (OS) plays a vital role in the pathophysiology of female infertility. OS occurs due to an imbalance between the ...

A study links maternal stress hormones in late pregnancy to the timing of baby teeth eruption, highlighting prenatal factors ...