Your body’s “biological stress score” may reveal disease risk years early
Published on: March 14, 2026, 11:18 p.m. | Source: Times of India
Many illnesses do not appear suddenly. The body often sends quiet signals years before a diagnosis arrives. Blood pressure begins to shift. Hormones fluctuate. Inflammation slowly rises.Researchers now describe this pattern through something called a biological stress score, often referred to in science as allostatic load. It reflects the cumulative strain placed on the body by daily life.
