Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Chronic Stress' Effects can be Traced to Your Genes, Says Study

Chronic stress alters gene activity in immune cells, reveals study. With these changes, the cells are primed to fight an infection or trauma that doesn't actually exist, leading to an overabundance of the inflammation that is linked to many health problems. Ohio State University scientists made and their colleagues from other institutions, testing blood samples from humans living in poor socioeconomic conditions, found that similarly primed immune cells were ...

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