Thursday, October 11, 2007
Researchers Say Stress and Disease Are Likely Linked
A new commentary in the Oct. 10 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association explores whether psychological stress leads to disease and concludes that the link is likely. The authors, who say consistent results across different kinds of studies suggest that stress plays a causal role in disease, looked at four diseases. “The evidence from studies of depression and heart disease is most convincing. The HIV/AIDS data are a little weaker. The evidence for stress playing a role in cancer isn’t all that good, even though there is supporting evidence from studies of animals,” said lead author Sheldon.
Page 1 of 1 pages