How Stress Carves an Invisible Mark on the Body, Raising Cancer Risk

Growing research has found that chronic stress puts your body in ‘fight-or-flight’ mode, over time creating conditions where tumors can grow.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock

One rainy afternoon in Taiwan, an older couple who were both in fragile health arrived at a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic.

The husband, paralyzed from a recent stroke, sat slumped in a wheelchair while his wife pushed him with trembling hands. Six months earlier, the couple had lost more than 40 million Taiwan dollars—about $1.4 million—to fraud. The financial blow sent the husband into a downward spiral that ended in a stroke. His wife, overwhelmed by caregiving and despair, could barely eat or sleep.