Women who hug their partners before a stressful event have a lower biological stress response and reduced cortisol levels compared to women who do not embrace their partners.
Researchers report an elevated risk of women with inflammatory bowel disease being diagnosed with mental health problems after giving birth. The study reports that for every 43 pregnancies, there is one case of a new mental illness diagnosis for women with IBD compared to women without the condition.
From increasing the risk for depression and stress, to impacting a person's social and family lives, researchers explore the detrimental effects of work addiction.
Study reveals the body produces more cortisol when people are interrupted during work.
Researchers discover a drug used to help prevent reproduction in aging worms helps the creatures rebound from stress and, in some cases, this lengthens their lifespans.
Researchers discover neural circuitry which promotes stress induced anxiety.
Sending emails outside of work hours leads to added stress, researchers report.
According to a new study, young adults who are hostile or don't deal too well with stress are at higher risk of thinking and memory problems in middle age.
Oral contraceptive use is associated with blunted stress response and brain activity differences during working memory tasks in women who started using birth control during puberty. Early adulthood exposure to oral contraceptives was linked to significant structural changes in brain areas associated with memory and emotional processing.
Simply observing stressful situations can trigger a physical stress response, a new research paper suggests.
