The impact of childhood stress on health in adulthood
Childhood stress is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes in adults.
Young people who reported more stress during adolescence and adulthood were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors than their peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. + read more
Testing a compound that reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress and liver cell inflammation
The effects of the compound PROTAC are described to cause activation of the metabolic sensor AMPK, a key element of energy balance, thereby reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation in liver cells. + read more
“Stress is not only in our minds, it is actually transmitted to the body as well as to the tumor microenvironment.”
Erica Sloan of Monash University in Australia has been researching the relationship between cancer, the nervous system and the body’s defenses for decades. + read more
They found an association between psychosocial stress and neurovascular dysfunction.
The study suggests that brain pathology caused by chronic social failure is a consequence of transcriptomic changes in cells associated with the blood-brain barrier. + read more
Impact of stress on metabolic syndrome
Stress, which tends to increase inflammation in the body, is also associated with metabolic syndrome. + read more
Manage stress to get quality sleep
Access a free webinar for healthcare professionals that explores the relationship between stress and lack of rest. + read more
Sleep and stress indicate epileptic seizures
Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder characterized by a tendency to recurrent and spontaneous seizures. + read more