Money problems, a heavy work load, caregiving — such increasingly common pressures have helped make stress a part of modern American life. According to APA’s Stress in America survey, 42 percent of adults in the United States. say their stress level has increased over the past five years. Even teens reported stress rivaling adult levels.
Recent research suggests chronic stress damage starts before we’re even conceived and cuts into our very cells. A number of studies have linked stress with shorter telomeres, a chromosome component that’s been associated with cellular aging and risk for heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
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