Scientists have long known that stress can significantly affect humans, impacting their health and well-being by causing high blood pressure and increasing the risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular morbidity. Thus, better understanding our reactions toward stress and finding out if there are any factors that can play key stress-buffering roles is crucial for improving cardiovascular health. Now, a team of scientists led by the Maynooth University and the University of Limerick in Ireland has found that gratitude has a major stress-buffering effect on both reactions...