Stress is a constant part of modern life. But it affects everyone differently. For women, stress often hits deeper. It lasts ...

An exploration of mental distress as an adaptive survival response shaped by evolutionary biology, social structures, and ecological conditions—challenging symptom-focused models of mental health care ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

New research led by Professor Yogesh Dwivedi at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uncovers how long noncoding RNAs engage chromatin-silencing machinery under glucocorticoid receptor activation, ...

Researchers uncover the mechanism by which ribosomes raise alarms in the cell. Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along ...

New research from Washington State University suggests that stress influences cannabis use not only in people but in rats as well.

Not all stressors have the same impact on health. Stress arising from threats to social safety is most likely to affect psychological, biological, and clinical outcomes. This is the conclusion UCLA ...

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 ...

In 2019 I wrote about research suggesting anti-inflammatory medications might help some people with major depression. At the time, the idea that depression could have roots in the immune system felt ...