The Balance Within
Subtitle: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company; W. H. Freeman
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780716734796
Subjects: Health psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology; Vertebrate Paleontology; Prehistoric Archaeology; Social Science; Science; Psychology; Immunology; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Neuroscience; Archaeology; Paleontology; Medicine, Psychosomatic; Psychoneuroimmunology
Description: "A thrilling scientific detective story, The Balance Within tells how researchers finally uncovered the elusive mind-body connection and what it means for our health. In this book, Dr. Esther Sternberg, whose discoveries were pivotal in helping to solve this mystery, provides firsthand accounts of the breakthrough experiments that revealed the physical mechanisms - the nerves, cells, and hormones - used by the brain and immune system to communicate with each other. She describes just how stress can make us more susceptible to all types of illnesses, and how the immune system can alter our moods. Finally, she explains how our understanding of these connections in scientific terms is helping to answer such crucial questions as "Does stress make you sick?" "Is a positive outlook the key to better health?" and "How do our personal relationships, work, and other aspects of our lives affect our health?""--Jacket.