FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Stress is a normal part of daily life for millions of people in the United States. Stress is the body's natural reaction to new or challenging situations. Experts say not all ...

Hippocrates wrote that we are all beset by disturbing forces that upset our balance (1). Fortunately, there are restorative forces that can re-establish balance. Galen called these Vis Medicatrix ...

Amy Knight, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology, discusses why and how chronic stress can affect one’s brain and overall health. What is ...

Stress isn’t good for our health. Virtually everyone has heard this at some point, whether it’s from a spouse, doctor or well-meaning friend. But isn’t pretty much everyone stressed out? Isn’t being ...

As a prior trauma therapist, I've personally witnessed over 1,000 clients' stories of life stressors. For these clients, some stressors were crippling; others were merely annoyances. The common thread ...

One morning in the winter of 2013, I woke up shaking uncontrollably. I had no other physical symptoms and no amount of slow breathing, distraction, or other intervention would help. Eventually, my ...

A stress test measures how well your heart works when put under stress. It is ordered to assess exercise tolerance, see if your heart can respond to demands, or test if heart medications are working.