And these people spike higher stress hormones when they're like that. So every day, every time something that's irritating to these people, these people will spike higher on their stress hormones. Those people who are more laid back and not as reactive, show a lower hormonal profile. Well we've done now two or three studies that we've shown that those individuals who are high reactive, and we've done blood pressure studies and studies on heart rate and so forth, in these individuals as well as the hormonal studies, those people who show the high reactive profile have the poorest immune response when they're stressed. Dr Ronald Glaser is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus.
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