Non-healing chronic wounds present a major biological, psychological, social, and financial
burden on both individual patients and the broader health system. Pathologically extensive …

Stress responses help us navigate our environment and respond appropriately to threats.
Stress systems communicate threats to the entire organism, and as such, also stimulate …

Despite the strong evidence linking psychological stress to disease risk, health researchers
often fail to include psychological stress in models of health. One reason for this is the …

Background: Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal) is a herb traditionally used to
reduce stress and enhance wellbeing. The aim of this study was to investigate its anxiolytic …

Music is used to regulate mood and arousal in everyday life and to promote physical and
psychological health and well-being in clinical settings. However, scientific inquiry into the …

Unlike professional caregivers such as physicians and nurses, informal caregivers, typically
family members or friends, provide care to individuals with a variety of conditions including …

Chronic psychological stress appears to accelerate biological aging, and oxidative damage
is an important potential mediator of this process. However, the mechanisms by which …

Abstract Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function may change over the course of
aging, and altered diurnal or stress-induced secretion of the hormone cortisol could …

Research over the past three to four decades has clearly established that psychological
stress affects clinically relevant immune system outcomes, including inflammatory …

To monitor inflammation in a meaningful way, the markers used must be valid: they must
reflect the inflammatory process under study and they must be predictive of future health …