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Understanding how female baboons benefit from social bonds helps humans understand their own origins.
Personal time can be an important resource that helps parents manage stress, regulate emotions and maintain their health while meeting the demands of family life.
Cortisol spikes are not something you need to fear. In fact, cortisol rhythms – which involve some ups and some downs – are essential to staying well.
Your sleep habits are reflected in your skin’s health and appearance.
This concoction is being touted on social media – here’s what the evidence says.
If you’re often stressed, your water bottle might be part of the solution. New research shows why hydration matters.
Lie-ins aren’t bad for you, they’re overdue.
Stress isn’t inherently bad – it’s a survival tool. But when it becomes chronic, it can have lasting effects on our physical and mental health.
‘Cortisol belly’ isn’t a diagnosis — it’s a rebrand of diet culture.
‘Cortisol belly’ and ‘cortisol face’ are catchy terms but they oversimplify complex biological processes into insecurities.
A ‘complex’ job and an active social life can protect you from dementia – if you don’t less stress undo it all.
We can’t avoid stress altogether. But there are healthy ways to deal with it and move on.
If you struggle to get up, “snoozing” could help you perform better when you finally do.
Climate change is causing higher levels of stress in fish, and the resulting hormonal imbalances are fundamentally altering entire populations.
Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
Some of what is being blamed on cortisol are symptoms of chronic stress or depression – which makes sense, since they’re linked.
You can train your brain to get excited about the start of the week – or at least cope with it.
Americans are divided on their preference for daylight saving time versus standard time. But research shows that our bodies fare better when aligned with the natural light of standard time.
Feeling tired and groggy in the morning may well lead you to crave a coffee boost. But is it a gift or just a loan in terms of energy?
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