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 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 ...

Your body’s stress response can trigger several physiological changes, which can affect immune function. Why you’re stressed and how long you’re stressed can impact how your immune system responds.

Stress is something we can all relate to, and it can impact us in different ways each day. “Daily stressors can be things like your to-do list, going to the post office and conflicts with your boss.

Stress triggers the release of hormones like cortisol, which can be beneficial in short bursts, but harmful over time. Chronic stress can negatively impact physical health, sometimes triggering ...

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 ...

Stress can temporarily change our biological age, but the process reverses when the stressor is resolved, according to a new study. Stress can come from emotional distress, disease, drug treatment, ...

This is the first in an exclusive series of columns by Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. John Whyte on issues involving mental and physical health. Chronic depression, loneliness and grief are breaking our ...

Racism is a stressor that can impact both your physical and mental health. It can lead to further disparities for people of color and affect overall quality of life. Racism is a public health crisis.