July 2024 in “Medical Science Monitor” Women with type D personality and PCOS experience more stress and use less effective coping strategies.
October 2022 in “European heart journal” Higher stress levels were found about two weeks before a heart attack.
5 citations,
January 2021 in “PeerJ” Elephant tail-hair can show past stress levels, matching times when stressful events happened.
October 2024 in “World Journal of Psychiatry” Stress worsens hair loss in androgenetic alopecia.
40 citations,
November 2011 in “American Journal of Human Biology” Stress from being transgender is linked to higher blood pressure at night and more inflammation, which may affect heart health.
119 citations,
January 2012 in “Nutrition & Metabolism” Modern lifestyles, including poor diet, stress, and long-term use of certain medications, hinder the body's ability to heal from inflammation, leading to chronic diseases.
122 citations,
October 2013 in “PEDIATRICS” Maternal stress during pregnancy affects a child's stress levels.
November 2023 in “Curēus” Higher stress levels are linked to more skin problems, especially in young women.
67 citations,
July 2016 in “Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders” Stress can worsen skin conditions by affecting hormone levels and immune response.
3 citations,
June 2021 in “Journal of affective disorders” Hair cortisol and cortisone levels may affect how work stress influences depression in Chinese fishermen.
July 2024 in “Nursing Research” Hair and nail cortisol levels can show long-term stress in young males.
11 citations,
April 2020 in “Animals” Moving horses to new places can increase their stress levels, as shown by higher stress hormone in their hair.
13 citations,
December 2016 in “PubMed” People with a common type of hair loss have higher stress levels in their body, and treatments that reduce this stress could help.
16 citations,
January 2021 in “Frontiers in veterinary science” Pigs in farrowing crates and loose-housing systems showed no difference in chronic stress levels as measured by hair cortisol.
Hair can naturally regain color after greying, and this change may be linked to stress levels.
11 citations,
February 2005 in “Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics/Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics” Hair cortisol could be a marker for chronic stress in pregnancy, but depression affects cortisol levels differently.
5 citations,
May 2021 in “Veterinary medicine and science” Injecting cosyntropin into grizzly bears increases blood cortisol but doesn't change hair cortisol levels.
September 2021 in “Psychoneuroendocrinology” Nurses had higher stress levels during intense phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stress levels are linked to hair loss in female medical students at Muhammadiyah University of Malang.
22 citations,
May 2019 in “Animals” High hair cortisol levels indicate stress in cows due to poor shelter conditions and health issues.
February 2024 in “Psychoneuroendocrinology” The COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly change stress levels in preschoolers, but higher-income families' children showed higher stress.
2 citations,
May 2021 in “Scientific Reports” Stress is likely causing hair loss in Formosan macaques.
September 2024 in “Medicina” Certain gene variations may protect against skin issues and oxidative stress in women with PCOS.
February 2024 in “Molecules/Molecules online/Molecules annual” NMN could potentially treat hair loss by reducing oxidative stress and improving cell health.
5 citations,
January 1984 in “Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology/Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology” The treatment reduced hair growth and testosterone in women with excess hair and had some effects on stress responses.
Cows moving from tie-stall to free-stall housing had more heel problems, less joint lesions, and higher stress levels.
February 2023 in “Cureus” Male pattern baldness in medical students is linked to higher depression, loneliness, and internet addiction.
63 citations,
April 2017 in “Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica” Higher prenatal and adult androgen levels are linked to alcohol dependence and withdrawal severity.
2 citations,
September 2015 in “Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society (Print)” People with psoriasis and depression have lower BDNF levels, which could help measure depression in those with psoriasis.
11 citations,
May 2020 in “Frontiers in psychiatry” Child abuse is linked to higher BMI, but not because of hair cortisol or cortisone levels.