What is cortisol, and how is it related to stress? Cortisol is often called the "stress hormone" and is released by the adrenal glands -- part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, a bodily ...

Stressed and not feeling your best? High levels cortisol, your body's stress hormone, may be to blame. When this hormone is chronically elevated, it can contribute to everything from weight gain to ...

If you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night, unable to fall back asleep, it could be your cortisol levels. Cortisol, also known as the stress hormone, plays an important role in how your ...

Cortisol blockers, like mifepristone and pasireotide, are prescription medications used to treat Cushing's syndrome. They work by either blocking the uptake of cortisol to receptors or by preventing ...

Actinogen Medical’s hopes—and stock price—have rebounded slightly from earlier this month, when the Australian biotech announced its cortisol blocker had failed to improve attention and memory in ...

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It’s a hot topic in sleep research: the relationship between cortisol and the quality and patterns of sleep. I’ve been talking about cortisol for a while, but I’ve never devoted a standalone article ...

Cortisol blockers, like mifepristone and pasireotide, are prescription medications used to treat Cushing's syndrome. They work by either blocking the uptake of cortisol to receptors or by preventing ...