Intro to PNI for Health Consumers

     The research presented in these articles has shown that individuals will vary in their immunological reaction to stress. This variance seems to be predicated on inheritance that determines at least gender, personality, and immune system ...

PNI and Heart Disease

      The number one cause of death in the USA (and in most of Western society), and on its way to becoming number one in the developing countries worldwide, is atherothrombotic, coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as coronary heart disease (C ...

Cancer and PNI

      Chronic stress and depression may have detrimental affects on our hormone and nervous systems and through them may adversely affect our immune responses. For the technically minded, more precisely stress and depression may increase activity in ...

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

     A survey published in 1995 of 5,877 people ages 15 to 54 years as part of the National Comorbidity Survey found the estimated lifetime prevalence of PTSD to be 7.8% (7492257). Women and previously married people of either sex had the highe ...

HIV infections and AIDS

     Through the use of cognitive coping strategies, relaxation, and social support, multimodal cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) has shown great promise in improving psychological, neuroendocrinological and immunological functions in fol ...

Caregiving and Stress

      Depression, loneliness, feeling isolated, and negative affect in spousal caregivers often persist for a significant period after their obligation ends. In one study, levels of negative emotions remained similar to those of current caregivers f ...