Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers showed that stress-sensitive neural circuits alter the gut microbiome by directly influencing duodenal glands. Gut microbiomes promote ...

A team of scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has discovered that inactivation of a stress pathway makes ER+ breast cancer cells ignore stress signals, allowing them to evade ...

For many people, stress is part of everyday life. The demands of work, family, and other quotidian pressures can leave one feeling angry, agitated, anxious, downtrodden, or burned out. While these ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...

Midlife brings a different situation. Body systems respond in new ways, and weight loss may trigger hidden changes inside the ...

EPFL scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death involved in aging and several diseases.