[Osx-nutters] Nat'l Science Teachers Reje ct Offers for "An Inconvenient Truth"

[Chuck Bennett]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Matt Johnston wrote:

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> On 30 Nov 2006, at 12:48, Mark Smith wrote:
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>> On 30 Nov 2006, at 13:19, Matt Johnston wrote:
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>>> Sorry, Mark, but I think that's incorrect.
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>>> We may not know WHY it does it, but stress can cause an auto- 
>>> immune disorder (ie, a malfunction of your auto-immune system  
>>> causing your cells to attack your own cells).
>>>
>>> Have suffered it myself.
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>> Self-diagnosis Matt ?
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> No.
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>> Be serious. What (I hope) you mean is that during, or after a  
>> period including stress, you had symptoms that were diagnosed as  
>> having an auto-immune nature ?
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> It was stress. I removed the stress.[1] It went away.
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> I think it's nitpicking. I've seen enough evidence to support  
> stress-induced illnesses including autoimmune disorders.
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>> : as a result of: infection ?, inherited condition ?, allergy ?,  
>> exposure to other "agents" ? etc.
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> Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
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> [1] sometimes I wish I'd used a .38 but still.


Holy crap..   I'm about to agree with Matt.

It's my understanding that there is pretty compelling studies that  
show some auto-immune responses being related to stress.

One argument is that the steroid levels rise and fall with stress and  
these set off processes in the body that can provoke an auto-immune  
response.

Rheumatoid arthritis is one that is often mentioned as a problem  
where the initial onset seems to be triggered by stress in some people.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a problem one one where I can easily imagine  
that steroid levels being higher or lower my allow the response to  
take hold.

That doesn't mean that it's not an inherited condition, just that  
stress can cause it to appear (earlier?) in otherwise healthy people.

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