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The campaign for National Stress Awareness Month in April is underway, bringing attention to the negative impact of stress and advocating for strategies to better
In the intricate dance between our minds and hearts, anxiety emerges as a formidable partner. Acknowledging its potential to temporarily escalate blood pressure, medical experts
Your emotions can indicate when you’re under too much stress. For example, feeling irritable or overwhelmingly fearful can be signs of stress, as well as
Increased perceived stress in adolescence to adulthood increases cardiometabolic risk in adulthood. Individuals who have consistently increased levels of perceived stress from adolescence to adulthood
Researchers are reporting that stress early in life can contribute to cardiometabolic diseases in adulthood. They say that’s because high levels of stress hormones may
Key Takeaways Stress appears to increase risk of metabolic syndrome Inflammation prompted by stress explains more than half its associated risk, researchers said Metabolic syndrome
Neurologist Romie Mushtaq, M.D., shares a program to ease chronic stress and insomnia Years of chronic stress, long work hours, sleep deprivation and poor eating
The risk for Alzheimer disease or mild cognitive impairment is higher among patients with a history of depression or chronic stress. Individuals diagnosed with depression
The University of California, Davis is releasing findings from a study of how brain changes during puberty can impact how men and women respond to
Feeling stress? It could seriously harm your health One of the more interesting jobs I’ve held was teaching family practice resident physicians about the emotional
*This is an article from the Fall 2023 issue of Contentment Magazine. By Brandon LaGreca, LAc, MAcOM Does stress cause or promote cancer, and if so, can