Exercise calms the brain: Can it help depression, heart health?

"Exercise can counter depression and stress-related brain activity in a number of ways, by affecting brain chemistry naturally: regulating appetite hormones, reducing inflammation, reducing stress, ... Read More

Exercise may reduce heart disease risk by changing how the brain reacts to stress

People with depression can experience increased blood pressure and physiological stress that are risk factors for ... told Medical News Today that stress-related brain activity can lead to a ... Read More

Getting stronger through stress

We can feel stress from positive things happening to us and from negative things. No matter the source, when stress gets to an unhealthy level, it can become too much for us. Over time too much ... Read More

Dementia Drug Doesn’t Increase Risk of Death or Fatal Heart Condition, Study Finds

Researchers with McMaster University have found that a commonly prescribed dementia medication doesn’t increase the risk of death ... related to the QT interval – the amount of time it takes for the ... Read More

During Stress Awareness Month in April, focus on preventing stress from taking over your life

CBS News Colorado talked to her about Stress Awareness Month, which is every April. Stress can impact how long you live, said Blickley, because stress can increase cortisol levels, keeping you in ... Read More

Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of early death even decades later, study finds

The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that women who experienced major complications during pregnancy had an increased risk of early death and that risk remained ... Read More

Study Suggests Adolescent Stress May Raise Risk of Postpartum Depression in Adults

Recent @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsPsych-led study (bit.ly/4cXQOFV) in @NatMentHealth suggests adolescent stress may lead to prolonged elevation of #cortisol following #childbirth & #PostpartumDepression ... Read More

Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of early death even decades later, study finds

The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that women who experienced major complications during pregnancy had an increased risk of early death and that ... is that ... Read More

Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of early death even decades later, study finds

(CNN) — Pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, may be linked to an elevated risk of death even decades after giving birth, according to a new study. The study ... Read More