PTSD Associated with Increased Lupus Risk

Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of the physiological interactions between the nervous system and immune functions within the body. This discipline can trace its origins back to the mid 1800’s to ideas that were more superstition than science. However, in recent years, solid scientific data has shown how the brain and various psychological states can greatly modulate the immune system. Now, a team of investigators at Harvard University Medical School have just published data describing a