Everyone feels stress from time to time. It's a fact of daily life. Stress has its upside, but too much of it can leave you feeling out of control. And chronic stress can have negative consequences on your health.

Anything that brings on feelings of stress is called a stressor. Today, we often face many stressors.

Stress is a powerful force for good and for ill. It can help us cope with life's challenges, but it can also affect our health by making pre-existing conditions worse or even bringing on new ones.

Mental stress does more than diminish your sense of well-being. It also can increase your risk for heart disease.

If you have high blood pressure, you need to know, so you can control it. If you don't, you increase your risk for serious illness.

No matter the source of your stress, it can produce physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that can affect any part of the body.

Chronic inflammation damages the inside of coronary arteries and leaves them prone to plaque that clogs the blood vessels. That leads to clots that cause heart attacks.