Heart racing. Palms clammy. Breath shaky and sporadic. You’re probably well-acquainted with the body’s stress response, a.k.a. fight-or-flight, aptly nicknamed for what it has evolved over millennia ...

Prof Neil Walsh received no honoraria for the completion of this work. Liverpool John Moores University received funding for this work from Danone Research & Innovation specifically to cover research ...

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The body's cells respond to stress-toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults-by pausing normal functions to focus on conserving energy, repairing damaged components and boosting defenses. If the ...

The fight-or-flight response—when a threat kicks on your sympathetic nervous system, revving up your pulse and breathing rate—makes sense when you consider our ancestors (however unhelpful it may be ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...