A long-studied metabolic hormone, FGF21, also acts as a stress hormone—a discovery that helps explain how psychological ...

That overwhelming work deadline or financial worry isn’t just affecting your mood and sleep. Your stress might actually be altering your child’s developing nervous system through biological pathways ...

A long-studied metabolic hormone, FGF21, also acts as a stress hormone—a discovery that helps explain how psychological stress causes metabolic dysregulation and drive physical disease, according to a ...

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

Your brain, your nervous system, your hormones - they were all forged in an environment that no longer exists. Back in the day, stress meant one thing: danger. A predator. A threat. Something trying ...

Scientists are now uncovering stress' widespread health impacts, proving that the pressure you feel at work or home can manifest in your heart, your gut, and even your immune system.

About two millennia ago, the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen suggested that melancholia—depression brought on by an excess of "black bile" in the body—contributed to cancer. Since then, scores ...

Stress granules are droplet-like protein hubs that temporarily shield fragile RNA from cellular stresses such as toxins. VCP ...

Physician and Author of The Stress Paradox: Why You Need Stress to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier Physician and Author of The Stress Paradox: Why You Need Stress to Live Longer, Healthier, and ...

Redox biology investigates how reversible oxidation–reduction (redox) reactions regulate fundamental cellular processes. Central to this field is the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as ...