When people are under a lot of stress, the cortisol flattens out. For some people it goes down and others it goes up and stays up. For most people, cortisol, the vital hormone that controls stress, ...

Cortisol has been unfairly vilified for being linked to stress, but it is an essential hormone regulating bodily function. Dr ...

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What makes the human body so miraculous? Is it our comparatively large brain? Our versatile muscle system? Our exquisite vision and opposable thumbs? Although all these features are undeniably ...

Cortisol, often called the primary stress hormone, plays essential roles in metabolism, immune function, and your body’s response to threat. While appropriate amounts help maintain normal ...

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD High cortisol levels over time can lead to conditions like high blood pressure and ...

For years, researchers have documented health differences between babies born vaginally versus by cesarean section—work that ...

Early life stress (ELS) and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis predict later psychopathology. Animal studies and cross-sectional human studies suggest that this process might operate ...