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| Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
But stomach ulcers aren't caused by stress, they're caused by Helicobacter pylori -- although it seems like stress might slightly increase your risk of getting them.
Seeing how the book appears to have been first published long AFTER that discovery, I'm a little suspicious regarding the quality of the research.
The guy knows his stuff and can be quite entertaining.
Check his video over on EDGE on TOXO (the cat lady parasite). At the end he mentions an avenue for research he's working on into a possible mechanism by which stress damages chromosomes
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/sapolsky09/sapolsky09_index.html
20 minutes well spent.
I agree the Zebra book was a little boring, but it fits right in w/ the recurrent OB theme on status and health