This issue of Biological Research for Nursing, "Nursing Research in Stress, Psychoneuroimmunology, and Allostasis," reflects nursing science at the leading edge of a new paradigm of human health and illness—one that illuminates many issues that nurses have tried to understand for years. Why are there such great disparities in health related to socioeconomic levels, ethnicity, and environment? How can stress affect illness risk? Why does an intervention work effectively for one patient and not for another? How does one's history impact one's future health? What can nurses do to prevent chronic illness? This paradigm shows us that there are answers to these questions and new ways of addressing these problems.
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