Brain damage isn’t limited to football players and boxers who take repeated blows to the head. Scientists say chronic job stress can also alter brain structure in ways that harm memory, focus and ...

When your to-do list is already miles long, stress relief is often the first thing to go. But chronic stress has a sneaky way ...

Stress is something we all face and succumbing to it from time to time is an evitable, and important part of life. But while some stress is good to help regulate our metabolism and nervous systems and ...

Stress releases certain hormones, which can make it more difficult for insulin to work properly, resulting in a spike in blood sugar. Chronic stress may lead to high blood sugar levels. Stress is a ...

Stress incontinence is urine leakage due to pressure on the bladder, which may occur with sneezing, coughing, laughing, or exercise. It commonly occurs in older females. Stress incontinence affects ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

A new paper appearing in the Journal of Health Psychology attempts to catalog the different ways people think about and relate to stress. “The word stress—like success, failure, or happiness—means ...

Recovering from chronic stress is possible. Lifestyle modifications, relaxation routines, and reframing unhelpful thoughts are all strategies that may help reduce the long-term effects of stress.