The notion that stress and cancer are interlinked has dominated lay discourse for decades.
More recent animal studies indicate that stress can substantially facilitate cancer …

The symbiotic relationship between sports practice and psychological well-being has, in
recent times, surged to the forefront of academic and public attention. The aim of this …

Despite marriage's health benefits, all couples experience stress that can increase morbidity
and mortality risks. Marital stress can alter endocrine, cardiovascular, and immune function …

Higher levels of omega-3 track with longer telomeres, lower inflammation, and blunted
sympathetic and cardiovascular stress reactivity. Whether omega-3 supplementation alters …

Abstract Background/Aims The link between child maltreatment (CM) and substance use
(SU) in young adulthood is established. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) division of …

Engel's biopsychosocial model, based in systems theory, assumes the reciprocal influence
of biological, psychological, and social factors on one another and on mental and physical …

Marital quality shares ties to inflammation-related conditions like cardiovascular disease and
diabetes. Lab-based studies implicate hostility during marital conflict as a mechanism via …

The death of a spouse is associated with maladaptive immune alterations; grief severity may
exacerbate this link. We investigated whether high grief symptoms were associated with an …

Various theoretical accounts suggest that within-person effects relating to everyday
experiences (assessed, eg, via experience sampling studies or daily diary studies) are a …

Romantic relationships are a key health determinant. Partners influence each other's
psychological, behavioral, and biological trajectories in ways that can foster health and …