I’m Dr Bernard — a board-certified internal medicine physician bringing to you the kind of health guidance I wish more of my patients had time to read. Evidence-based, deeply human, never preachy.
How Chronic Stress Is Slowly Destroying Your Body (And What to Do Today)
Cortisol isn’t the villain everyone says it is — but unrelenting stress is. Here’s what it actually does to your sleep, gut, hormones, and heart, and the small daily resets that bring your nervous system back to baseline.
Apr 28, 2026
9 min read
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