Tag: chronic stress

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Chronic stress causes depression by depleting allopregnanolone

This is perhaps one of the very few articles that directly makes the claim that stress can,…

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Long Work Hours Linked to Hypothyroidism

The connection between stress and health issues is perhaps the best kept “public secret”. As the saying…

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Long work hours (stress) at the office cause hypertension and CVD

Many of my readers surely are familiar with the saying “work hard, play hard”. This mantra is…

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Serotonin causes anhedonia…and mental illness in general

As many of my readers know, anhedonia is one of the most pernicious symptoms of most mental…

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Chronic stress (adversity) lowers dopamine and causes mental illness

The evidence for the role of chronic stress in virtually every health condition doctors have a name…

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Energy deficiency due to stress causes anxiety, panic disorders, and subbordination

This is a great study on so many levels. First, it directly demonstrates that chronic stress leads…

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Mitochondria (energy) as the main driver of health, intelligence, and aging

We are finally starting to see Peat enter the mainstream and article like the one below are…