Ever wonder why you feel like crying over a pet food commercial one day but can watch a tearjerker movie completely unfazed the next? Or why your weight seems to fluctuate despite eating the same ...

She said these foods, like whole grains, root vegetables, legumes and fibre-rich vegetables slow digestion and prevent sudden ...

In a previous post, I discussed the connection between the mind and the skin. In that article, I called for patients and clinicians to become more aware of the relationship between cutaneous and ...

Researchers have shown how the brain's circadian rhythm in rats is, among other things, controlled by the stress hormone corticosterone -- in humans called cortisol. This has been shown by means of a ...

Ghrelin is a hormone your stomach makes that signals your body when you're hungry. You might think of it as an "on switch" for appetite. Your small intestine, pancreas, and brain also release small ...

Abnormal levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol are linked to a variety of mental health disorders, including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MIT researchers ...