Early Life Stress May Have Consequences for Immune Function

By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: January 27, 2009
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 27 -- Children who go through stressful situations early in life may have weakened immune systems as they enter adolescence, researchers found.