Taking a Chill Pill

Stress … everyone feels it to one extent or another.  Science knows that stress affects not only mental health but bodily health as well.  Long term stress can weaken your immune system, making you vulnerable to infections, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and a host of other problems.  Although they haven't figured out exactly why, people experiencing chronic stress are more prone to viral infections.

Lately I've been feeling more stressed than usual, thanks to a family member. I thought I...