Self-care should be an act of self-preservation, not self-improvement.

Consistent spikes of cortisol, as from constant connectivity, are known to harm long-term health.

FOGO is the new FOMO.

What if this petrol pump explodes while we're filling gas?

Bringing in a doctor's note is a practice best left to school kids.

From longer life spans, to less sleep, to more stress, the risk factors are uniquely female.

Comfort objects are nothing to be ashamed of.

Study finds higher cortisol levels lead to lower brain volume and impaired memory.

Whether or not the stressful event ever occurs, worrying that it will inhibits working memory.

Amid stressful life events, emotional support is about minimizing negative behavior.

The experience actually stressed me out even more.

Or maybe we just learn to handle it better?

Divorce puts wrinkles in our brains.

It's true what they say -- having kids changes you.

Life is stressful. Most of us have learned to live with it as a bad side effect of modernity. But stress has been with us for a long time — ever since the first sabre-toothed tiger chased the first human. 

There’s a new secret to coping with stress, and, if you can get past the initial, reflexive distaste, it actually might be helpful, or at least explain some of our habits: A new study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social 

In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois explored possibly the most realistic scenario in the history of the world: to what degree stressed mothers are able to support their children’s stress while they handle their own. Research 

A new study from researchers at Tel Aviv University offers proof that stress is subjective, and that our mindset toward our own stress colors how we respond to others’ stress — and not always in a good way. “We have