The Complexities of Cortisol
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Dr. Rick Hecht explains how cortisol, a hormone commonly associated with stress, impacts the body, showing it to be one of the most influential and complicated chemicals the body produces. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31305]
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