Sunlight activates hormones essential for mood, sleep and reproductive health — that’s why it’s important to go outside when ...

In days of sirens and ongoing alertness, the body enters a survival state and secretes stress hormones, but short physical activity may help balance the system and reduce tension.

If you’ve scrolled through social media lately, you may have seen some chatter about cortisol—a stress hormone—and its supposed villainous effects on your body. Negative effects of cortisol have been ...

Social media is partial to a viral wellness topic or two, but the latest trend dominating discussion surrounds the wellbeing benefits of cortisol cocktails. This intriguing concoction doesn't in fact ...

A measurable hormone spike can change decision-making, lower stress hormones, and reinforce attachment pathways in the brain ...

Obesity causes insulin resistance by increasing activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the release of the stress hormone norepinephrine, according to a new study. A study from Rutgers Health ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a ...

If you’re chasing high performance - whether in the gym, at work, or in life - you probably think of training, nutrition, and maybe even sleep. But most people ignore the silent wrecking ball running ...

"In therapy, when men realise that these emotional rules were learned rather than inherent, they often feel a sense of relief," says clinical psychologist. "It means those patterns can also be changed ...

Evidence from behavioural neuroscience may help explain why some social media content is damaging for youngsters.

A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones – not impaired cellular insulin signaling – may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell ...