Swimming is one of the best workouts you can do for your brain, body, and mood. “A Mayo Clinic study revealed that swimming ...

“If we don’t have cortisol, we die,” says Martine Duclos, an endocrinologist and physiologist in sports medicine at Université Clermont Auvergne. It helps mobilize energy, suppress ...

Stress and some conditions can increase cortisol levels. High cortisol can cause symptoms such as weight gain, acne, and fatigue. Doctors may refer to high cortisol as Cushing syndrome or ...

While there are many ways of measuring how much stress a person may be dealing with, the most reliable biomarker for stress estimation is one's cortisol levels. Here's what cortisol is ...