CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 0h 56m · G

Stress: Portrait of a Killer

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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.

Directed byJohn Heminway

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 56m
Language
EN
Released
November 18, 2008
Studios
National Geographic

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Marcus Lovett

Narrator

Robert Sapolsky

Robert Sapolsky

Himself

Michael Marmot

Michael Marmot

Himself

Lisa Sapolsky

Herself

Carol Shively

Herself

Elizabeth Blackburn

Herself

Jeffrey Ritterman

Himself

Tessa Roseboom

Herself

Elissa Epel

Elissa Epel

Herself

Creative team
Directed by
John Heminway
Written by
John Heminway
Produced by
John Heminway

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