Stress is the feeling of being under acute mental or emotional pressure, where a person may feel unable to cope, leading to a wide variety of health problems.  When stress is excessive, it can contribute to everything from high blood pressure to irritable bowel syndrome, however, more research is needed to determine how stress contributes to heart disease, a leading killer worldwide.  Now, a study … Continue reading Neuroimaging connects stress-associated brain activity to cardiovascular disease in humans.