Social Effects Of Stress
Another Reason Why Stress is Bad for Us
Last year, I wrote about research finding links between stress and depression and increased rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Now, new research presented this month at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association shows that chronic stress can exacerbate inflammation and increases a person's risk of developing autoimmune inflammatory diseases like RA; neurodegenerative diseases, like MS, and central nervous system infections.
The research, which tested the effects of soc...
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Health Guide
Resilience To Stress Plays Role in Depression
...However, the neural substrates and molecular mechanisms that mediate resistance to the deleterious effects of stress remain unknown." ~ Krishnan et al Results of a new study reported in the... Read more »Anxiety in the Elderly
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