A racing heart from anxiety is your body's fight-or-flight system doing its job — it's trying to protect you, not harm you.

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Simple actions like consciously placing a hand on your heart or hugging yourself can lower your cortisol levels, heart rate, and help you feel less ...

Chest pains need to be taken seriously. Once you've ruled out a heart problem, here's what doctors would like you to know. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are one step closer to understanding how the body may influence the mind. Image credit: Simone Wave/Stocksy. Researchers have investigated whether increasing heart rate ...

Megan Burke likes to say "every stitch is proof of connection." (Andrea Shea/WBUR) Imagine a stressful situation. Now what if you could slip a hand inside your pocket — or touch the cuff of a sleeve — ...

Anxiety and heart attack symptoms often overlap, leading to dangerous delays in seeking medical help. Health experts emphasize that while anxiety can mimic cardiac distress, it also increases the risk ...

This post is in response to A Human Life Is Not a Problem to Be Solved By Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. In his thoughtful post, Dr. Steven Hayes discussed (among other things) an episode in which he felt his ...

I was driving my son to his favorite park when I felt it again: a stabbing pain just below my heart, so sharp that I nearly skidded off the road. I applied pressure to my chest with one hand while ...