How loneliness can cause a heart attack.

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The emotional componet of health is offen under estimated .It can

however have devastating effects. To offen we concentrate on the

model of conventional medicine in alternative health this herb for

this that vitamin for that but miss the emotional end .A new study

shows how potent a force loneliness can be It,is a little technical

but here it is.

 

Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes

Steve W Cole , Louise C Hawkley , Jesusa M Arevalo , Caroline Y

Sung , Robert M Rose and John T Cacioppo

 

Genome Biology 2007, 8:R189 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r189

 

Published 13 September 2007

 

' Background

Social environmental influences on human health are well established

in the epidemiology literature, but their functional genomic

mechanisms are unclear. The present study analyzed genome-wide

transcriptional activity in people who chronically experienced high

versus low levels of subjective social isolation (loneliness) to

assess alterations in the activity of transcription control pathways

that might contribute to increased adverse health outcomes in social

isolates. ......'

 

{My comments we know that many ailments can occur from emotions but

this study is the first to show that just being lonely can cause our

genes to act differently and cause inflammation a culprit in many

ailments}

 

 

" Conclusions

 

These data provide the first indication that human genome-wide

transcriptional activity is altered in association with a social

epidemiological risk factor. Impaired transcription of

glucocorticoid response genes and increased activity of pro-

inflammatory transcription control pathways provide a functional

genomic explanation for elevated risk of inflammatory disease in

individuals who experience chronically high levels of subjective

social isolation. http://genomebiology.com/2007/8/9/R189 "

 

My comments { being lonely can cause a heart attack}

 

Apparently being lonely effects us at a genetic level and increases

inflammatory response. Perhaps laughter is the best medicine after

all. The degree emotion can effect our bodies is

amazing.Apparently " man should not be alone " is good health

advice.

 

Thanks Vince