Stress. It makes us sweat, gives us headaches and is blamed for all sorts of medical maladies. But did you know that stress, in small measure, can actually help us succeed? Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren explains.

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1. 1. drjjgregor 04:14 PM 5/21/13

   Great video! The only thing that I see wrong with the over all thought is that our brains and bodies are designed to deal with large truly life threatening stress, not long term low level stress. The "constant" release of cortisol does bad things to the overall health of us. Like I said great video!

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