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Killer stress

Apparently scientists have just learned why stress kills. It seems that it’s all down to a sharp increase of a chemical called Interleukin-6 in the bloodstream.

Now of course we’ll have to wait for the inevitable antidote ‘magic bullet’ cures to arrive on the market. Never mind trying to locate the cause of the stress in the first place. [via boingboing]

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