The school argued the closure breached the lease agreement made between SFU and SFSS by withholding access to the SUB during normal operating hours. Back in March, The Peak reported that legal action was being threatened by SFU after the previous SFSS Board voted to close the SUB from January 24–February 18 to protect staff from contracting COVID-19. Let’s recap the high-level politics that were denied to us. SFU’s potential lawsuit against the SFSS for the Student Union Building (SUB)’s closure is an example of the chilling effect withholding information from students can have. But it’s worth mentioning there are still plenty of interesting twists and turns our politics holds - it’s just that they’re hidden from us. Case in point, the 2022 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) elections saw just 8% of SFU students cast a ballot for their choice of president. The most explicit example of our distaste for student politics is th low turnout for student elections. PHOTO: Allyson Klassen / The Peakīy Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer and Luke Faulks, Opinions Editorīoredom, if not outright animosity, is a common reaction to SFU politics. These results give hope that these simple, readily accessible lifestyle changes may significantly delay or reduce the harmful effects of stress on the immune system in older adults.You can’t be selective about the type of information you share: give us the good, the bad, and the ugly.
“I know that can be difficult or impossible, but our study suggests that one way to offset the effects of stress on immune aging is to try to avoid unhealthy behaviors like smoking and drinking and to try to get regular exercise and eat a healthy diet.” But, in general, severe or chronic stress should be well managed, Klopack said. Some ‘good’ stress, which psychologists refer to as ‘eustress,’ may even be beneficial. “What this means is people who experience more stress tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits, partly explaining why they have more accelerated immune aging.”Įverybody experiences some amount of stress, and not all stress is harmful. Interestingly, the difference in immune system aging shrank considerably after the researchers controlled for poor diet and lack of exercise, lead study author Eric Klopack, a postdoctoral scholar at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, noted in a statement. A study published in the October 2018 issue of the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, found similar markers of accelerated immune system aging in high-stress mothers between the ages of 20 and 50. People who experienced more life stress had fewer attack-ready immune cells, leaving them at higher risk of developing a host of age-related illnesses, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and severe infections from viruses such as COVID-19.Īlthough this study looked at older adults, younger people may suffer the same effect. The researchers found stressful life events were associated with an increase in markers of immune system aging. They then tested participants’ blood samples using a process called flow cytometry, in which blood cells pass single file in front of a laser that counts and classifies the cells. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) analyzed responses from a national sample of 5,744 adults over the age of 50 who were asked about their experiences with five specific types of social stress: stressful life events, chronic stress, everyday discrimination, lifetime discrimination, and life trauma. But the rate at which this deterioration occurs varies widely among people of the same chronological age.
This normal process of immune system aging is called immunosenescence. The immune system degrades with age and worn-out white blood cells proliferate while “naive” new cells that are ready to fight harmful invaders decrease. This finding could help explain disparities in health outcomes among people of the same chronological age, and provide insight to help those affected by stress. Now, a study published on June 13 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that years of accumulated stress can more rapidly age the immune system. Stress contributes to ailments such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. We’ve all heard that too much stress can hurt our health.
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