Anxious mice have a higher risk of cancer

Recent studies have found that anxious mice have a higher risk of getting cancer than calmer counterparts.  This study shows connections with potential human cancer treatments. Mice who are more anxious were more hesitant to search dangerous areas-these mice are more prone to skin cancers than calmer mice who would oppose the dangerous areas. LiveScience.com have found that damage stress does impose a connection to the immune system, in turn it can sometimes fight off these types of cancers. 
"It's bad enough that cancer diagnosis and treatment generates stress and anxiety, but this study shows that anxiety and stress can accelerate cancer progression, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle," study researcher Firdaus Dhabhar, a psychiatrist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said in statement. 
"The goal is to ameliorate of eliminate the effects of anxiety and chronic stress, at least at the time of cancer diagnosis  and during treatment," Dhabher added. 


Stress plays a focused role in the immune system. Short-term stress can boost the immune system, research has found, the body acts as though it is ready for a fight. But when stress is chronic it can make the immune system suffer. 


In a way, this also effects the environment because it can decrease the mice population; which in turn can pose an effect towards the food chain system. Whenever there is a disruption in our food chain system, the ecosystem will respond negatively due to the 'out of order' response.