This reinforces the idea that social support helps to lessen the negative consequences of stress.

Stress hormones go up in runners and yet, under certain circumstances, these hormones don't affect the brain in a negative way.

That said, our study adds to the existing literature that positive social interactions can buffer the effects of stress on the body and brain.

She has a support system and she'll deal with the consequences of all this.

OK, we've got you in a stress state.

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants