ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2008) — Most people would agree that stress
increases your risk for illness and this is particularly true for
severe long-term stresses, such as caring for a family member with a
chronic medical illness.
However, we still have a relatively limited understanding of exactly
how stress contributes to the risk for illness. In the August 15th
issue of Biological Psychiatry, researchers shed new light on one link
between stress and illness by describing a mechanism through which
stress alters immune function.
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