Instagram hype about cortisol ends up in doctor’s office: ‘I haven’t had a question about it for fourteen years, now every week’

Bad skin? Smelly armpits? A belly? Sleeping badly? Influencers on social media say that the cause is the stress hormone cortisol. Dubious companies smell an opportunity. To the dismay of general practitioners, who see extra crowds in the waiting room. “Unnecessary burden on our health care.”

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