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High Level Of Attachment Anxiety May Lower Immunity, Increase Vulnerability To Illness
February 13, 2013 by NewsBot
Concerns and anxieties about one's close relationships appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, according to new research. In the study, researchers asked married couples to complete questionnaires about their relationships and collected saliva and blood samples to test participants' levels of a key stress-related hormone and numbers of certain immune cells...