… Despite widespread public belief that psychological stress leads to disease, the … stress
contributes to a variety of disease processes and summarize the role of stress in 4 major diseases…

… It is a field filled with questions, and we are still seeking better evidence on the role of the
psychological factors. Our ability to determine the influence of psychological factors on disease …

… of cardiovascular disease, it is clear that psychological stressors contribute to cardiovascular
disease, but “how much?” It is hard to assert that “stress caused this patient’s disease,” just …

… In this article, we argued that the term stress has … stressful life events to disease. We provided
a short history of three traditions in the study of stress: the epidemiological, psychological, …

… psychological stress and inflammation in the context of CHD in humans. In terms of psychological
stress, we distinguish between acute stress … , we will focus on psychological stress and …

… both psychological stress and physiopathological changes are therefore needed. The present
study uses a novel approach to the study of the relation between psychological stress and …

… Several studies 7-10 showed that psychological stress can downregulate the cellular immune
response by at least three mechanisms. First, stress-induced response is transmitted to the …

The purpose of this book is to evaluate the evidence concerning the so-called cardiovascular
reactivity hypothesis. In its simplest form, this hypothesis states that excess cardiovascular …

… Many patients with IBD believe that psychological stress can both initiate and cause relapse
of their disease. However, it is only relatively recently that evidence from both patients with …

… the reactivity-disease link are represented in this book: One focuses on the experimental
manipulation of psychological stress and the progression of atherosclerotic disease in animals, …