Sick Of Stress: Is Fear Making Us Ill?10

• Health & Medicine, War and Terror
• February 22, 2015

Fear of terror increases pulse, the risk of disease and subsequent death. The jitters, cold sweats, fast heart rates, heavy breathing. Fear is known to provoke strong bodily reactions. But how much does fear really influence our health? Can fear make you ill? And if so, is this preventable? In a study published in PNAS