More than you might assume, say researchers who studied three triggers of severe physiological stress: pregnancy, COVID, and surgery.

Through a national survey, researchers identified prevalent work overload, burnout, and intent to leave health care professions among nurses, clinical staff, and non-clinical staff, including housekeeping, administrative staff, lab technicians, and food service workers.

Circumstances differ person to person, specialist says, but likely culprits include medication lapses and stress.

Men and women whose mothers experienced stressful events during pregnancy regulate stress differently in the brain 45 years later, results of a long-term study demonstrate.

New study provides insights on how stress-related brain activity can temporarily damage the heart.