Consequences from stress range from helpful to crippling.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 28, 1997| Author: Boyd, Robert S. | Copyright information

NEW ORLEANS _ Thanks to recent advances in biology, scientists are beginning to dope out why the myriad stresses of daily life make you feel so bad.

They are now able to see how stress, an emotional phenomenon, actually changes the physical structure and chemistry of your brain, sometimes leading to life-long disability. And they are more optimistic than ever that they can find ways to limit or repair the damage it wreaks.

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