Most people don’t burn out because they’re weak. They burn out because they let warning signs of work stress become normal.

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 ...

In this video we explore bending and shear stresses in beams. A bending moment is the resultant of bending stresses, which are normal stresses acting perpendicular to the beam cross-section. We can ...

CNN — Stress is an everyday occurrence for most people, but too much of it could be signs of a deeper issue. Stress is "a normal human response to anything physical or emotional that places a strain ...

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 ...

Cortisol, often called the primary stress hormone, plays essential roles in metabolism, immune function, and your body’s response to threat. While appropriate amounts help maintain normal ...

Measuring stress involves assessing a person’s physiological responses to stressors and, to a lesser extent, understanding the possible triggers for stress. Measuring stress may help a person or their ...

Ohio State researchers have discovered that exhausted T cells collapse under the weight of misfolded proteins, activating a destructive stress response called TexPSR. Unlike normal stress systems, ...