A joint US-Swedish study of 21,000 twins showed a significant correlation between neuroticism and depression, suggesting a genetic link. This short article explains more.

Neurotics, or anyone under constant stress, might have higher levels of cytokines, substances that cause inflammation and aggravate many diseases. Reducing stress or cytokines might help.

According to this article that reports on the results of a recent study, neurotics have another thing to worry about. Find out what it is before you worry yourself to death.

Your spouse might indeed be killing you softly every time you have a stressful argument. Learn how marital stress can lead to heart disease and eventually death.

There's always time to change. Read how Professor Dan Mroczek found that neurotic men who became less neurotic over time had lower mortality rates than men who stayed the same or worsened.

This abstract summarizes the interesting UK study that found that heart disease deaths are greater in neurotics than in extroverts.

Cortisol has recently gotten a lot of publicity as the fat hormone, but a molecule called neuropeptide Y might be the real culprit of abdominal fat, especially in people with chronic stress.

Discover how the mind, nervous system and immune system are all connected; this encyclopedia entry begins to explain the mechanism of heart disease and other conditions in neurotics.

Even if heart disease deaths weren't greater in neurotics, you shouldn't be neurotic for a variety of reasons. Changing your pattern of thinking can lead to a longer, healthier and happier life.

This tutorial is a good overview of the symptoms, causes and risks of stress, including heart disease, substance abuse, cancer and even death. Includes great tips for preventing and managing stress.

Short-lived stress can actually be beneficial, whereas chronic stress can lead to disease. Uncover the different kinds of stress and how they affect immunity with this interesting article.

Because stress makes us less likely to make the right food choices, it's easy to follow the link of chronic stress, poor diet, obesity, heart disease and death. Learn here how else stress affects weight.

Figure out your personality type with this fun questionnaire. Take the whole test, or scroll down and choose specific traits. Categories A and B test for extroversion and neuroticism.

This cool body map shows the effects of stress on different systems of the body. Click on the letters to learn about heart disease, fertility problems and gastrointestinal symptoms.