http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/09/the-stress-of-a-busy-environment-helps-mice-beat-back-cancer/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/09/the-stress-of-a-busy-environment-helps-mice-beat-back-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-216888 Jarrod Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:17:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=17239#comment-216888 Some stress is good, some is bad. Stress is a response by the body to certain stimuli that changes the normal function of an organism. Sometimes this change is a good thing, leading to feelings of excitement, enthusiasm, and accomplishmnet. Sometimes it's a bad thing, leading to fear, anxiety, and worry. The good stress is called eustress, the bad stress is called distress. Some stress is good, some is bad. Stress is a response by the body to certain stimuli that changes the normal function of an organism. Sometimes this change is a good thing, leading to feelings of excitement, enthusiasm, and accomplishmnet. Sometimes it’s a bad thing, leading to fear, anxiety, and worry. The good stress is called eustress, the bad stress is called distress.

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