Psychological stress mobilizes biological responses implicated in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), including the release of glucose and lipids into the circulation, inflammatory cytokine expression ...

When faced with danger, animals have to react fast. Heart rates climb, muscles tense, and the body prepares to fight or flee. At the same time, less urgent activities like eating get put on hold.

This common type of stress is becoming more prevalent in society for many reasons, experts say.

Higher allostatic load, a measure of lifelong stress, correlated with increased risk for cancer mortality, especially among younger populations, according to study results published in SSM Population ...

Stress is our body’s response to any demand, challenge or change that disrupts our usual norms, explains Adrian Jacques ...