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Researcher, Director of Media-Health/Game-Clinic laboratory, Concordia University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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For at least three decades, researchers have gathered evidence that chronic stress puts pressure on the body to constantly adjust itself to restore physiological stability. This process is known as allostatic load and it creates a cascade of toxic metabolic activities that cause wear and tear on the body. Allostatic load makes people vulnerable to […]

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