The Truth About What Stress Does to You
Sources Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, MS, DO on April 18, 2017 Medically Reviewed on April 18, 2017
Reviewed by Melinda
Ratini, MS, DO on
April 18, 2017
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SOURCES:
American Dental Association: “Teeth Grinding.”
American Heart Association: “Fight Stress With Healthy Habits,” “Four Ways to Deal With Stress,” “Stress and Heart Health.”
American Psychological Association: “Chronic Stress,” “How Stress Affects Your Health,” “Stress Effects on the Body,” “The Different Kinds of Stress.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Stress & Heart Disease.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers.”
Kidshealth.org: “Stress.”
National Institutes of Health: “Hugs and Cuddles Have Long-term Effects.”
Purdue University: “Women Nurture Ideas of What Makes a ‘Good Working Mother.’”
The Hormone Foundation: “Stress and Your Health.”
Womenshealth.gov: “Stress and Your Health Fact Sheet.”
World Heart Federation: “Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Stress.”
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