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"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Beckman Institute at Illinois
Robert Sapolsky's lecture on how the body's stress response, evolved for short-term physical emergencies, harms long-term health when triggered by psychological stressors. It was given as the inaugural Fenton-Rhodes Lecture.
HN commenters recommend it as an entertaining and informative explanation of how stress affects health.
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