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FROM Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.  Resolving Arguments in the Bedroom
and the Boardroom  Posted: 09/30/10 09:00 AM ET  Scientists at
the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State
discovered after more than two decades of research how stress
can alter the levels of certain hormones in the blood that can
weaken one's immune system, increasing their vulnerability to
disease.  Their studies included the effects of marital fighting
and how it could weaken one's immunity, reducing the
effectiveness of proven vaccinations and slowing the rate of
wound healing. This was especially true for women, as men often
tune out their wives in a disagreement.  According to Dr. Janice
Kiecolt-Glaser, a scientist involved in the study, "We're not
saying that conflicts in marriage are bad necessarily. They're
completely normal. It's the way the couples disagreed that was
later related to a rise in hormone levels and a drop in immune
function. It's the quality