Stress, often considered a mental or emotional response, can have surprising and far-reaching effects on the entire body. While it's natural to associate stress with psychological strain, it's ...

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 significantly impacts women's gynecological health, triggering issues like irregular periods, worsened PMS, fertility ...

Stress is often seen as a mental and emotional burden, but its effects reach far deeper than most realize. For many, chronic stress doesn’t just weigh on the mind — it can amplify physical pain in ...

If you get enough back aches, someone will eventually tell you that’s where your body stores stress. If your stomach hurts, you’ll hear the same thing: Your emotions are trapped in your belly. But ...

Exercise is one of the best ways to deal with stress. Here's how to get the best stress-dampening effects from your exercise.

We all know stress messes with our heads, but did you know it can also wreak havoc on our bodies? Say hello to cortisol, the hormone released when stress hits, triggering that familiar “fight, flight ...

Chronic stress can have huge implications for health. We talked to doctors to understand how stress affects the body, system by system. Welcome to the new normal, where the fear of getting sick from a ...

This is part one of our four-part series of stories exploring stress, the nuances that come with the psychological and physiological response and its relationship with running. Read part two here. Too ...

We all have unique schedules, personal challenges and responsibilities. But there’s one thing almost everyone can relate to while hustling through the 21st century: stress. For many, stress and weight ...