The scent of lavender alleviates stress-related symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety and fatigue:

Skipping meals can cause your blood sugar to drop, which will make other stress-related symptoms worse, such as headaches or stomach tension.

In last week's column, I reported an increase in the number of patients I am seeing who present with stress-related musco-skeletal symptoms.

Estimates place the cost of stress-related symptoms at between $50 billion and $75 billion a year.

Skipping meals can make stress-related symptoms such as headaches or stomach tension worse.

It is hardly surprising, then, that all this is taking its toll: doctors report an increase in heart attacks, high blood pressure and other stress-related symptoms.

Doctors say that some children feel so much pressure for high performance that they develop stress-related symptoms like insomnia, stomachaches, headaches, anxiety and depression.

Other times, the child shows stress-related symptoms like frequent headaches, stomachaches and insomnia.

One in three has consulted their family doctor during the past five years about stress-related symptoms.

Skipping meals can make stress-related symptoms worse.