new way to measure cortisol: HAIR

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The leader of a local chapter of the National Adrenal Diseases Foundation sent me this. A new method to measure the amount of the stress hormone cortisol found in the body over the long term could lead to new research avenues to study the development of common conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and depression... To read the full article, please go to:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/223924.php ~ Cherwyn

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Thanks for sharing. Great article.

" Additionally, in long hair of healthy women, the team were able to record

alterations in cortisol exposure due to psychological stress over time. Hair

cortisol levels were not influenced by gender. "

Psychological stress over a long period is so ignored and is incredibly

damaging! I've had it and I am positive it's the reason I am so ill today. If

it had been taken seriously earlier I may never have become so dreadfully

incapacitated. Shameful! And counsellors and psychiatrists have a lot to blame

in labelling people without taking this into consideration and seeing it for

what it is. Bullying and other pressures are rife in the work place, as well as

elsewhere.

I hope it takes off!

Jacquie