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  Stress is a feeling we all experience when we are challenged or overwhelmed. But more than just an emotion, Stress is a hardwired physical response that travels throughout your entire body. In the short term, stress can be advantageous. but when activated too often or too long, your primitive fight-or-flight stress response not only changes your brain but also damages many of the other organs and cells throughout your body. Your adrenal gland releases the stress hormones cortisol, epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your bloodstream, They easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster raising your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension. Cortisol can also cause the endothelium, or inner lining of blood vessels, to not function normally. Scientists now know that this is an early step in triggering the process of atherosclerosis or cholesterol plaque buildup in your arteries. Toge...

  Once in our lifetime we have had a headache, you know that it can feel like your brain is trying to push its way out of your head and while that may make for a cool sci-fi movie it throbs and it is generally a pretty bad time so what the heck is going on here Well, let's start off with a common misconception: your brain is not actually the thing that is hurting is, in fact, your brain doesn't even have pain receptors like the other parts of your body do this is why it's possible for surgeons to operate on a patient's brain while they're still awake so if it's not the brain that's hurting What works well for most migraines? Blood. Vessels seem to be the main culprit. The theory is that serotonin and the other Chemical messengers cause blood vessels around the brain and head to swell this increases blood flow and stretches nearby nerve cells which send pain signals to the brain and thus our heads hurt along with vomiting and nausea, the only Silver Lining is...

  Just between your chest and abdomen is where you’ll find one of the most important muscles you probably didn't know you had: the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES. When functioning properly, This ring of tissue plays a crucial role in helping us eat. But when the LES malfunctions, it becomes the main player in heartburn --a searing, sometimes sour-tasting chest-spasm that many people will experience at some point in their lives. We know that humans have been battling heartburn for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. But recently the incidence has risen, making it a common stomach complaint worldwide. When the symptoms of heartburn become more more regular and intense —such as twice a week or more-- It’s diagnosed as gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. But what causes this problem? And how can it be stopped? Heartburn starts in an area called the gastroesophageal junction, where the LES resides. This smooth, muscular ring of the LES is moderated by an intricate tree of ne...