Gender and Health Quotes

“negative emotions can contribute to prolonged or chronic infections or to delayed wound healing, which in turn indirectly increases the production of these cytokines.”
― Chloe E. Bird, Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies

“negative emotions such as depression or anxiety can directly affect the cells of the immune system and either up- or down-regulate the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines”
― Chloe E. Bird, Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies