Healthy Work Stress May Protect Against Cancer

Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that short term stress, including things like public speaking, job interviews, first dates and healthy work stress can actually boost the immune system and may offer protection against one type of skin cancer, at least in mice and potentially in humans. Acute stress has been shown to galvanize the immune system, while chronic stress has long been thought to weaken immunity and increase the risk of disease. For the research, 30 lab mice were exposed to doses of cancer-causing ultraviolet light for ten weeks.