After reading the title of this post, some readers may be asking “Stress can be positive? How could anxiety ever be ‘optimal?'" Modern society has trained us to think that we should rarely, if ever, ...

A stress test measures how well your heart works when put under stress. It is ordered to assess exercise tolerance, see if your heart can respond to demands, or test if heart medications are working.

Not all stress is created equal. Positive stress, or eustress, can be exciting and motivating. If you're looking forward to a big event or challenge at work, eustress can build anticipation and ...