Feeling better about feeling bad

Written by Chris Friday, August 05 2011 00:00

Finally a cure for "just feeling lousy"?  "Research has shown that in response to illness, animals divert all their energy to fight infection. Lethargy, fever and loss of appetite are symptoms of the body's highly organized strategy to sacrifice biological and physiological priorities to provide the greatest chance of survival." Why is this web hosting news? - well we're all human, and nobody likes that feeling of...just bleh. Check it out; not much talk of curing the cold yet, but if there's some relief for the blahs, we won't complain.  Now with bonus rat videos!

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/news_events/news/2011/08-02-scientists-identify-what.cfm