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More Viewpoints and Perspectives

Gerald Weissmann, Meryl Streep, Mechnikov and Inflammation: It's Complicated

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Ilya Metchnikov

In this recent Editorial, Gerald Weissmann, in his typical elegant and provocative style, mingles Hollywood stars and movie characters with some major pathology phenomena.

Celebrities, Stress and Cancer

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Recently, several websites have reported that Michael Douglas has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

Stress Response, Sex and Immunity: the Female Superiority

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In this recent perspective, George Chrousos, M.D., discusses some new evidence indicating gender-specific differences in the actions of glucocorticoids and why women are superior to men in dealing with stress and infections.