Tag: cortisol
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Doctors Explain What Swollen Hands Reveal About Your Health
Swollen hands occur when water and other bodily fluids accumulate in tissues and cause inflammation. Usually, hand swelling happens due to several factors, including injury, pregnancy, or certain diseases such as arthritis. Your hands can provide essential health indicators such as blood pressure and fluid balance. For instance, eating excess salt can cause hypertension, leading…
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Scientists Develop Wearable Tech to Detect High Stress Hormone Levels
This new biohacking device may reduce the risk of high cortisol levels. In a groundbreaking development, scientists have created a wearable device that continuously monitors stress hormone levels, contributing to cortisol production, over 24 hours. This innovative technology, a result of a collaborative effort by researchers from the University of Bristol, the University of Birmingham,…
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Researchers Connect Link Between Restful Sleep And Better Health
Although people spend a significant amount of their time sleeping, most people seem to forget how important getting sleep is. Restful sleep is something people take for granted instead of trying to understand how much it affects their life. There is such thing as getting too much or too little sleep. And even if you…
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7 Ways Stress Can Impact Your Finances (And Ways To Fix It)
Stress can be a very overpowering emotion, and when left unchecked, it can start to affect many different areas of your life. The bleed-out of that stress can taint virtually everything you’re trying to do, even in your everyday life. Unfortunately, that also extends to your finances or other money-related matters. Finances are always a…
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7 Ways Gratitude Helps You Prevent Burnout and Stress
It’s easy to overlook mental and emotional exhaustion. You rest when you’re physically exhausted, but when was the last time you took stock of your psychological energy? A lack of such energy can lead to a commonly misunderstood phenomenon known as burnout. Simply put, burnout occurs when you become mentally exhausted. This is often caused…