“Even relatively short periods of stress may cause changes that leave brain cells hypersensitive for weeks, reports Israeli scientists trying to uncover the molecular root of post-traumatic stress disorder.” Washington (Associated Press) September 2001.
“Pregnant women who often feel stressed out could be programming their fetuses’ nervous systems for heightened reactions to stress and a greater lifetime risk of heart attacks, scientists reported over the weekend.” San Diego (USA Today) March 1999
We all know by now the negative effects of fear, stress and anxiety to our bodies. Angina, arrhythmias, asthma, allergies, high blood pressure, irritable bowel, tension headaches, strokes, impotence, insomnia, diabetes, prostatitis, malabsorption and eczema are but a few of the many diseases known to be stress-related. Doctors are only now starting to study this mind/body connection, calling this new field Psychoneuro-immunology. The aim of these researchers is to nail down the physical and molecular underpinnings of emotions and disease, using the latest medical technology, looking inside the brain, at hormones and at the immune system for answers.
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