Psychoneuroimmunology

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Definition:
A field in which psychologists, biologists, and medical researchers combine their expertise to study the effects of psychological factors on the immune system, p326 Gen Psych Chapter 10, pp325-326

Examples:
**How Behavior effects the Immune System**


 * How Stress effects your Behavioral Responses**

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In the News:
[|Psychoneuroimmunology: Stress Reduction To Prevent Cancer Recurrence] After the surgical removal of a malignant tumor, the chance that cancer will re-appear in a different location of the body remains high. But new research from Tel Aviv University, in a bold new field called Psychoneuroimmunology, may prevent those cancer cells from taking root again - and the key to the treatment is stress reduction.

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