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Arch Dermatol. 2001;137:78-82.

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A PLACIDLY GRAZING ZEBRA suddenly notices the stalking lion in the midst of the Serengeti. Its escape mechanisms heighten: heart rate and vascular pressure increase; blood is diverted to the muscles; and awareness peaks as it springs for its life.¹ The presence of an internal or external force that threatens to disrupt the homeostatic balance of the organism is perceived as a stressor, and the stress response reflects a normal adaptation to preserve life. As much as we see ourselves as evolved and civilized, humans still appear to be superbly adapted to avoid being attacked by wild predators, encounters that fortunately nowadays are relatively infrequent in normal city streets. However, this stress response does not seem to be as appropriate when we are coping with the persistent chronic stressors of our modern daily lives. We have replaced lions with traffic jams, pollution, and overburdened work environments, but the mechanisms to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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