Your body’s stress response can trigger several physiological changes, which can affect immune function. Why you’re stressed and how long you’re stressed can impact how your immune system responds.

“Mind over matter” is not simply a catchphrase. It is a truth based on what we know to be fact: that the brain, given the right set of directions, the right environment, and the proper stimuli, will ...

Social stress such as discrimination and family problems, along with job and money problems, can contribute to premature aging of your immune system, a recent study found. That’s a double whammy, as ...

Here’s what the results may mean for you. By Hannah Seo By now, most people know that stress can take a serious toll on mental and physical health. And when that stress is prolonged, studies suggest, ...

Have you ever wondered why some people look older or younger than their chronological age? Or have more or less chronic health problems than people of similar age? It all has to do with senescence – ...

Stress may take a huge toll on your health, weakening your immune system and opening the door to serious illness, a new study suggests. Traumatic events, job strain, daily stressors and discrimination ...

Chronic stress affects the immune system and the brain. UZH researchers now show that a particular enzyme found in cells of the immune system enters the brain under stress. In mice, it causes them to ...

Chronic stress has far-reaching consequences for our bodies. For example, many stress-related psychiatric illnesses such as depression are associated with changes in the immune system. However, the ...

In a recent study published in Nature, Swirski and his group showed that inducing acute stress in mice caused profound changes in the immune system.1 Specifically, B and T cells left the lymph nodes ...

As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related health problems as cancer and ...

The immune system plays a vital role in defending the body against disease by fighting off invading pathogens and monitoring personal cellular health. The human body remains within a homeostatic ...