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A cross-sectional study of 103 drug-naïve first-episode depression patients finds elevated morning serum cortisol that ...

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Bipolar disorder has long been described as a problem of neurotransmitter imbalance, a chemical seesaw between too much dopamine and too little serotonin. A new synthesis published in Frontiers in ...

There’s arguably no single hormone that has grabbed hold of the collective consciousness as much as cortisol. There’s no shortage of gimmicks available to help fight this hormone: cortisol masks, ...

I recently had one of “those days.” You know the ones, where absolutely nothing goes your way and things just keep getting worse the further into it you get. After a crazy day, I forgot to pick up ...

IF THE WELLNESS world on social media is The Upside Down, then cortisol is the Demogorgon. Spend any amount of time exploring #cortisol and you’ll witness all sorts of horrible things. Shouty ...

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In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, an irregular pattern and consistently higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva were associated with cognitive decline later in life ...

An irregular pattern and consistently higher levels of a stress hormone called cortisol found in the saliva were associated with cognitive decline later in life - Blacks specifically had lower overall ...

As humanity pumps the atmosphere full of carbon emissions, rising global temperatures are fueling rampant wildfires, permafrost melt, wetland warming, and other phenomena that produce even more ...

Stress is a natural part of day-to-day life, and so are fluctuations in the hormone associated with it, known as cortisol. But online, influencers blame a range of health problems on cortisol, from ...