Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White populations in the United States remain a persistent public health ...

New study reveals that cumulative stress and inflammation, rather than biology, contribute to the higher mortality rates ...

New research links discrimination, chronic stress, and inflammation to higher mortality rates among Black Americans. For ...

Those higher levels were linked to shorter lifespans. Over the study period, about 25% of Black participants died, compared with roughly 12% of white participants. Researchers calculated that stress ...

Chronic stress doesn't just affect your mood, it can weaken immune defences, increase inflammation, and leave the body ...

Stress due to grief or loss can alter the permeability of your gut, sometimes called “leaky gut,” making it harder to contain the bacteria that usually live there. This, in turn, can allow bacteria to ...

For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense ...

Neuroscience is actively researching immunotherapies and neuroprotective compounds that could eventually help mitigate the impact of chronic stress on inflammatory states. However, prevention remains ...