Mental stress is one of the serious factors that lead to many health problems. Scientists and
physicians have developed various tools to assess the level of mental stress in its early …

While much attention has been devoted to examining the beneficial effects of Mindfulness-
Based Stress Reduction programs on patients' ability to cope with various chronic medical …

Mental stress has been identified as one of the major contributing factors that leads to
various diseases such as heart attack, depression, and stroke. To avoid this, stress …

Biomarkers refer to analytes that can be used in the diagnosis of diseases or disorders. In
saliva, there are many components that are potential biomarkers, and increasing research …

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a classic neuroendocrine system. One of
the best ways to understand the HPA axis is to appreciate its dynamics in the variety of …

Measurement of salivary cortisol can provide important information about hypothalamic-
pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity under normal conditions and in response to stress …

The objective of the current study was to compare the effects of sensory-integration therapy
(SIT) and a behavioral intervention on rates of challenging behavior (including self-injurious …

Saliva is an ideal translational research tool and diagnostic medium and is being used in
novel ways to provide molecular biomarkers for a variety of oral and systemic diseases and …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of animal-assisted intervention as
distraction for reducing children's pain and distress before, during, and after standard blood …

AIMS: This review describes the role of chronic stress in the development of obesity and
available methodologies for the assessment of chronic stress in humans, in particular …