It has long been thought that being "hopeful" and feeling other positive emotions helps people recover from illnesses like Cancer or at least live longer with the condition, but now researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are the first to report that emotional stress might contribute to the development of cancer and might also reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments. It appears that the production of the stress hormone epinephrine is the cause.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Stress May Cause Cancer Development
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070411-14050700-bc-us-cancerstress.xml
It has long been thought that being "hopeful" and feeling other positive emotions helps people recover from illnesses like Cancer or at least live longer with the condition, but now researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are the first to report that emotional stress might contribute to the development of cancer and might also reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments. It appears that the production of the stress hormone epinephrine is the cause.
It has long been thought that being "hopeful" and feeling other positive emotions helps people recover from illnesses like Cancer or at least live longer with the condition, but now researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are the first to report that emotional stress might contribute to the development of cancer and might also reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments. It appears that the production of the stress hormone epinephrine is the cause.
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