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What’s the difference between stress and chronic stress?
Published September 8, 20238 min readStress is a normal part of life that, oddly enough, helps us avoid danger and perform tasks to the best of our abilities.But there’s a difference between the acute stress you feel before presenting a project at work and the more prolonged, chronic stress you feel while in a toxic
Stress is a blight on the industry – we’re funding the solutions
Nicola Sinclair is head of B&CE Charitable Trust In the 30 years since B&CE Charitable Trust was founded, we’ve not only provided support to individuals in the industry in need of a helping hand, we’ve also funded research to better understand the root cause of problems. Last year, we awarded funding to a project team…
Manage Your Stress, Insomnia, and More With These Free Mental Health Apps
Photo: dodotone (Shutterstock)There are a lot of great mental health apps out there, but some of the best require a subscription. If you just want some basic tools to help you manage your mental health, the US Departments of Veterans Affairs has a ton that they’ve developed for veterans but released for everyone to use.You…
Studies stress botulism education in Romania and Italy
Two studies in different European countries have both emphasized the need to improve consumer awareness and education to prevent botulism. The first study looked at epidemiological data on foodborne botulism in Western Romania over the past decade. Botulism poisoning is a rare illness caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria. Medical records from one…
Stress hormone sensitivity could increase the risk of heart disease
Cortisol is the primary stress hormone in the glucocorticoid class (GCs) of hormones. It plays a vital role in metabolism and healthy immune function. The hormone acts as anti-inflammatories and is routinely used to treat allergies, asthma, and other conditions involving an overactive immune system. However, individuals respond differently to GCs. A test distinguishing between…