How do stress, changes in routine and emotional eating affect the digestive system, and what can really help restore a sense ...

April is Stress Awareness Month, a time when health experts highlight how chronic stress can affect the body and recommend options to deal with it. Long-term stress negatively impacts not just a ...

Stress triggers the release of hormones like cortisol, which can be beneficial in short bursts, but harmful over time. Chronic stress can negatively impact physical health, sometimes triggering ...

Neuroscientist Kumaar Bagrodia sheds light on how the brain processes stress and anxiety.

Even after a stressful experience fades from memory, your body keeps a score, encoding it in physical ways. This buildup of ...

Toxic stress can occur when a child experiences severe and prolonged stress without enough support. This can lead to long-term health effects and can negatively affect their development. Stress is the ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine. Lately I find myself ...

Amy Knight, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology, discusses why and how chronic stress can affect one’s brain and overall health. What is ...

Researchers have found that eating sugar before relaxing keeps the body in a state of alert, even when the mind feels calm.

Working together, adrenaline and cortisol seamlessly help the body cope with short-term threats. However, if stress becomes chronic, elevated cortisol levels can lead to fatigue, sleep problems, ...

Can Anxiety Cause Loss of Appetite? Anxiety disorders — characterized by uneasiness, worry, and fear — can cause various symptoms that affect how you think and behave. This can include changes in ...