How Stress Affects Your Body

Why do people experience stress? What does it do to the body? Ronesh Sinha, M.D., an internal medicine specialist at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, provides some answers. Q: What happens physically during times of stress? Dr. Sinha: The stress response system was originally designed to keep people safe from environmental threats like hungry predators. Your […]

How exercising benefits your sleep

  The relationship between exercise and sleep1 has been extensively investigated over the years. Previous studies have noted that proper exercise can alleviate sleep-related problems and help you get an adequate amount of rest. Recent research also suggests insufficient or poor-quality sleep can lead to lower levels of physical activity the following day. For these reasons, experts […]