Can stress protect you?

When life gets stressful, don't hide under your bedspread. A bid of chaos might help protect against cancer, based on the research in Ohio University scientists housed mice in conventional environment (a few cage mates and a few toys)or a challenging one (about 20 cage mates and a pile of toys), then injected them with cancer cells, tumours were as much as 77 percent smaller in the mice with lots going on, and one in six group avoided cancer entirely. "Good stress" from short-term, manageable challenges seems to boost immune systems activity", says researchers Mathhew During. It also raises levels of the brain chemical BDNF, which may help reduce tumour growth throughhout the body. More study is needed. in the meantime, it may be worth your while try out new things-even if the effort makes your comfortable.