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    Stress: Portrait of a Killer

    56'

    2008-11-18

    6.4

    Documentary

    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.

    DirectingJohn HeminwayWritingJohn Heminway

    Cast

    1

    Narrator

    Marcus Lovett

    1

    Himself

    Robert Sapolsky

    1

    Himself

    Michael Marmot

    1

    Herself

    Lisa Sapolsky

    1

    Herself

    Carol Shively

    1

    Herself

    Elizabeth Blackburn

    1

    Himself

    Jeffrey Ritterman

    1

    Herself

    Tessa Roseboom

    1

    Herself

    Elissa Epel

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. List of languages:
        1. English
      2. List of companies:
        1. National Geographic
      3. Vote Count: 9
      4. Popularity: 1.7629
      5. Status: Released
      6. Original title:Stress: Portrait of a Killer

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