People who led difficult lives during adolescence period will most likely experience health problems in their later life, a new study suggests.

According to Dr. Per E. Gustafsson from Umea University in Sweden and colleagues, experience of social and material stressors around the time of transition into adulthood is linked to a rise in disease risk factors in middle age, including higher blood pressure, body weight and cholesterol. » More

Roger S. Gil, MAMFT; Dr. Jeffrey DeGroat, PhD -- Stress is an unpleasant fact of life. We all experience it for various reasons, and we all try to come up with ways of coping with it—some with more success than others. So what exactly is stress doing to your mind (and body) when you're staring down a deadline? And what can you do to power through it? » More