Chronic stress can elevate heart risks, disrupt sleep, and weaken immunity. Learn how long-term stress harms the body and ...

Stress has a way of sneaking into daily life until it feels like part of the background. You might notice your energy ...

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 ...

Stress is an everyday occurrence for most people, but too much of it could be signs of a deeper issue. Stress is “a normal human response to anything physical or emotional that places a strain on the ...

Some stress can be normal during pregnancy, but chronic stress may cause maternal and infant health issues. It is common to experience some worries and anxiety during pregnancy. However, persistent or ...

There are more reasons than ever for people to be stressed out right now. Unfortunately for some, that increased stress can present physically. Those suffering from higher-than-normal stress levels ...

Hippocrates wrote that we are all beset by disturbing forces that upset our balance (1). Fortunately, there are restorative forces that can re-establish balance. Galen called these Vis Medicatrix ...

One morning in the winter of 2013, I woke up shaking uncontrollably. I had no other physical symptoms and no amount of slow breathing, distraction, or other intervention would help. Eventually, my ...