chronic stress
11/01/2018
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By Ellaine Castillo
From making you more forgetful to increasing your risk of dementia, here are 12 things that chronic stress does to your brain
Every day, people encounter things that stress them out, whether it be school, work, or even other people. Because it is so common to experience stress, many people have come to accept it as a constant part of their lives and have stopped trying to alleviate it. However, this should not be the case since constantly being stressed can […]
09/13/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Being chronically stressed is literally killing you
The body’s stress response to a sudden crisis is to release a burst of cortisol and other adrenal hormones. When facing an emergency, this “fight or flight” response can help you survive. However, when the stress is chronic and unrelenting, it can negatively affect your health. The link between chronic stress, aging, and mortality Chronically heightened levels of […]
01/27/2018
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By Michelle Simmons
Discovered: HOW stress makes you sick – it compromises immune cells, turning their “defense chemicals” on themselves, resulting in inflammation, allergic reactions, increased risk of disease
Ever wondered why you get sick whenever you are stressed? A group of scientists from the University of Michigan looked at how stress makes a person sick. The group carried out a rat study in order to determine how the immune cells responded to psychological and allergic stress. There were two groups of rats – […]
09/24/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
More proof stress will kill you: Study finds a link between PTSD and lupus
Women who’ve been exposed to trauma or have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are thrice as likely to develop lupus, according to new research. The study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, contributes to the growing body of evidence linking high levels of stress to autoimmune diseases. Led by Andrea Roberts, PhD, the researchers from Harvard University […]
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