Our group has proposed that in contrast to chronic stress that can have harmful effects, the
short-term (fight-or-flight) stress response (lasting for minutes to hours) is nature's …

Any physical or psychological stimuli that disrupt homeostasis result in a stress response.
The stimuli are called stressors and physiological and behavioral changes in response to …

Stress is known to suppress immune function and increase susceptibility to infections and
cancer. Paradoxically, stress is also known to exacerbate asthma, and allergic, autoimmune …

Although the concept of stress has earned a bad reputation, it is important to recognize that
the adaptive purpose of a physiological stress response is to promote survival during fight or …

Stress is known to suppress or dysregulate immune function and increase susceptibility to
disease. Paradoxically, the short-term fight-or-flight stress response is one of nature's …

It is widely believed that stress suppresses immune function and increases susceptibility to
infections and cancer. Paradoxically, stress is also known to exacerbate allergic …

Exposure to stressful events can be differently perceived by individuals and can have
persistent sequelae depending on the level of stress resilience or vulnerability of each …

Advances in the understanding of psychoneuroimmunology in the past decade have
emphasized the notion that stress and cancer are interlinked closely. Durable chronic stress …

Environmental events, both physical and emotional, can produce stress reactions to widely
varying degrees. Stress can affect many aspects of physiology, and levels of stress …

Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Stress is natural and belongs to life itself. To
sustain it and even grow with it biology invented different mechanisms, since stress …