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Introduction: Your Body’s Hidden Symphony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2024

Lawson R. Wulsin
Lawson R. Wulsin
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
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Summary

Your stress response system determines every day whether you thrive or die. Yet how well do you or your doctor know how this orchestra of organs works? It’s effortless when we’re healthy and a mysterious struggle when we’re sick. What is good, tolerable, or toxic stress for you may be different for me. Why is toxic stress such a blind spot for modern medicine? This chapter raises the key questions addressed by this book and points to some of the answers.

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early deathstress response systemtoxic stresshealthcareepidemic of stress-related conditionshidden symphony
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Toxic Stress
How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do About It
 , pp. 1 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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