Stress: Portrait of a Killer

Stress: Portrait of a Killer

2008
56m
6.4

6.4/10

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Overview

Over the last three decades, science has been advancing our understanding of stress: how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. From baboon troops on the plains of Africa, to neuroscience labs at Stanford University, scientists are revealing just how lethal stress can be. Research tells us that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. In Stress: Portrait of a Killer, scientific discoveries in the field and in the lab prove that stress is not just a state of mind, but something measurable and dangerous.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Cast

Marcus Lovett
Marcus Lovett

Narrator

Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky

Himself

Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot

Himself

Lisa Sapolsky
Lisa Sapolsky

Herself

Carol Shively
Carol Shively

Herself

Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn

Herself

Jeffrey Ritterman
Jeffrey Ritterman

Himself

Tessa Roseboom
Tessa Roseboom

Herself

Elissa Epel
Elissa Epel

Herself

Key Crew

John Heminway
Director
Randy Bean
Executive Producer
John Heminway
Writer
John Heminway
Producer