Marcelle Pick, Ob-Gyn N.P.: Surprising Ways Stress Affects Your Body

... release cortisol to manage the stress. Yet increased cortisol is associated with many diseases including Alzheimer's disease , heart disease , insulin resistance, obesity and Type 2 diabetes . So if we could figure out what is stressing us, we could ...

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