Researchers have found that stress activates the body's hormone system, provoking headaches, sleep deprivation and weight loss. ... Moreover, chronic stress can lead to high blood pressure, depression, memory loss and asthma. ... There is the pressure of what to do with the money and how to invest it. Consequently, pressures found in our society are imposed by both ourselves and by others. ... Barbara Howard, a psychologist at Johns Hopkins university, points out that, "women react to a wider range of stress and say they feel stress more often, perhaps because they take a holistic view of...

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