cortisol

Stress

Did you know that stress can produce more of the hormone 'cortisol'? While 'cortisol' helps you fight stress, it can also slow down your metabolism!! Interesting thought...Lori And if you drink...

adrenenal gland issues

Hi, I have Multiple Sclerosis, and am was not just diagnosed with adrenal gland issue, where I will now have to start injection of cortisol, (ACTh. Does anyone know anything about this, or taking...

Want to calm down?

Accordiong to an article in Cosmo, running your fingers through something soft lowers cortisol, a stress hormone. Do you think this is true?

Persistent anxiety in children linked to high morning cortisol levels

MedWire News: Children with persistent anxiety problems have higher morning cortisol levels and cortisol awakening response than children without anxiety, Dutch researchers report. "Alterations in...

Stress hormone linked to gum disease

Stress may play a role in the development of periodontal diseasesA literature review published in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) saw a strong relationship between stress and...

Major Depression linked to both hypo- and hypercortisolemia

MedWire News: Late-life major depression is associated with both high and low, but not normal, levels of plasma cortisol, suggest Dutch researchers. "Our findings may indicate that in the elderly,...

Stress in pregnancy may affect the fetus

Stress experienced by a woman during pregnancy may have an effect on her unborn child, most likely mediated by the transfer of stress hormones across the placenta. Research published in May's edition...

Diabetes complicates depression and anxiety therapy

News reports of an epidemic of diabetes are not exaggerated: An estimated 21 million Americans are affected with the metabolic disorder. Many will require psychiatric care. Diabetic patients are...

9/11 imposes huge anxiety burden on bereaved children

The rate of psychiatric illness among children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack doubled - from about 32 to nearly 73 percent - in the years following the event,...

Salivary cortisol levels may be a biomarker for late-life GAD

Lexa W. LeeMarch 6, 2007 (New Orleans) - Salivary cortisol levels, a measure of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function, may be a biomarker of disease and treatment response in late-life...

Traumatic stress can damage childrens' brains

Severe stress can damage a child's brain, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The researchers found that children with post-traumatic...

Abstract: Stress predicts brain changes in children

Paediatr. 2007 Mar 3;119(3):509-516Stress Predicts Brain Changes in Children: A Pilot Longitudinal Study on Youth Stress, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and the Hippocampus Carrion VG, Weems CF,...

Hormone may reduce emotional impact of acute stress

German researchers have found additional evidence that the stress hormone cortisol can have positive effects in certain situations. Although chronic stress, which brings long-term elevations of...