During stressful times, your body produces various chemicals, including cortisol, an immune-suppressing hormone. The more cortisol produced, the weaker your immune cells become and the more susceptible you are to illness.

How do you avoid road rage either as victim or villain? Follow the golden rule: Behave as if you know all the people in all the other cars.

Remember scenes from old movies where the husband paces around the waiting room while his wife is in labor? As a father-to-be today, you know that you can participate throughout your partner's pregnancy.

Does something about your body bug you? Maybe you believe you'd be happier if only you were thinner, taller, shorter, more muscular -- whatever.

When your life seems to be spinning out of control, it's OK to seek professional mental health help.

It's normal to feel stressed or anxious now and then. But it's time to call for help if emotional issues interfere with your life, your job, or your personal relationships.

Whatever the nature of your loss, active grieving can help you get through the following months and years.

Office politics include not only the hierarchy of command in companies, but also the manipulative tactics people use to be more powerful at work.

Physical violence is just one form of domestic abuse. If you have a partner who verbally humiliates you, demands all your attention, blames you for everything that goes wrong or threatens to harm you or your children, you’re also being abused.

Alcohol-dependent employees incur twice the health care costs of the average employee, are more likely to steal from their employers, are more likely to be involved in workplace accidents and are five times more likely to file worker’s compensation claims.

Although sadness touches all our lives, true depression is different in its intensity and persistence.

Being courteous instead of caustic not only can make your life easier, but it can also lower your stress and improve your health.

Each year thousands of concert- and festivalgoers are injured because of crowd problems—stampedes or even dehydration.

If you have occasional or chronic insomnia, you may be able to get to sleep by making lifestyle changes.

No matter how energetic you may be, stretching yourself to the limit every day puts your health and happiness at risk.

There's nothing wrong with feeling a particular emotion. At work, though, you want to be cautious in how you express it.

Attitude is the one thing you can’t hide. Positive people tend to be far more productive.

Chronic lack of sleep can increase blood pressure; contribute to stress, car accidents, weight gain, and judgment errors; and affect your work.

Polycarbonate plastic is durable, impact-resistant, and clear. It is widely used in food and beverage containers, but research has raised concerns over its health effects.