Recruitment and Feasibility of Hair Cortisol Collection in a Sample of Ethnically and Sexually Diverse, Low-Income Adults: A Qualitative Community-Partnered Participatory Research Study.

Cortisol is the hormone secreted by the body to respond to stressful situations, so measuring the concentration of cortisol in the hair is very useful in analyzing chronic stress.

Chronic stress can also affect your hairline. Research has shown that elevated cortisol can lead to hair loss by forcing follicle stem cells into a prolonged resting phase, preventing new hair ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Proteins left behind by COVID-19 long after initial infection can cause cortisol levels in the brain to plummet, inflame the nervous system and prime its immune cells to hyper-react when another ...