Cortisol -- your “fight-or-flight” hormone -- is designed to let you know when you’re danger. But too much or too of it can throw your whole body out of whack. Learn why.

Increase in leptin levels in preeclampsia prompts cardiovascular cascade that puts mother and baby at risk by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University ...

The stress cascade is governed by the brain's hypothalamus, which communicates with the pituitary and adrenal glands, which in turn secrete stress hormones like cortisol.