We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.
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When you're under stress, your immune system doesn't work as well.
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.
Investigating rare diseases gives researchers more clues about how the healthy immune system functions.
We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving.
Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.
The immune system constantly creates genes on the fly that are specific to the things that show up in the body. It's amazing.
People are tough. We're evolved for less food; more exercise; less sleep; less security; more paranoia. The irony is that we're so good at what we do. We strive for more food; less exercise; more sleep; more security; less paranoia - and we've succeeded.
There are plenty of studies that have shown that depression is associated with decreased immunity. So I want to harness all of the positive emotional energy I can in a patient to get better.
We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual.
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.