Scientists say modern life overloads our Stone Age stress systems, driving chronic illness and calling for nature-rich ...

Stress is not simply a response to acute stressful episodes. It occurs in the brain where a natural rhythmic pattern ...

Each of us has been given a profound gift – life. The meaning of life has been the focus of endless philosophical discussions ranging from life having no meaning to being connected to each other and ...

Older adults who experience anxiety on Mondays show significantly elevated long-term stress levels—regardless of whether they are still working—according to new research. The study, published in the ...

After exposure to a traumatic event, some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is a psychiatric disorder affecting mood and cognition. It also has profound physical effects. PTSD ...

Heat stress places considerable demands on the human body, compelling profound adjustments in thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular functions. The onset of hyperthermia during exercise ...

Plants encounter dynamic environmental challenges that subject them to diverse abiotic stresses, including drought, flooding, ...

Keating, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, is the author of Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity – and How to Break the Cycle. There are two major reasons ...

Every few years, snowshoe hare numbers in the Canadian Yukon climb to a peak. As hare populations increase, so do those of their predators: lynx and coyotes. Then the hare population plummets and ...