Cortisol helps regulate stress, sleep and metabolism—but chronic elevation can harm long-term health. Signs of high cortisol include poor sleep, visceral fat gain and feeling mentally alert but ...

Social media loves to blame cortisol for menopause weight gain. But though Cortisol levels rise during perimenopause, the stress hormone isn't the sole culprit behind your changing body. Reduced ...

TikTok is feeding me “Cortisol Face” content. It’s a little alarming, because in truth I have been anxious recently and it’s showing on my skin. The algorithm apparently knows this too. As the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science You could say that there’s been a surge of “cortisol ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Cortisol is a stress hormone that usually peaks in the ...

Nonetheless, this method of tracking hair cortisol over time may help identify children at higher risk for developing depression, anxiety, or behavioral problems and allow targeted support to be ...