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美联英语提供：英语阅读：身体健康问题归结于压力，压力：这个锅我不背！小编给你一个美联英语官方试听课申请链接：/?tid=16-73374-0　　It can be， but it can be good for you， too—a fact scientists tend to ignore and regular folks dont appreciate．　　If you arent already paralyzed with stress from reading the financial news， heres a sure way to achieve that grim state： read a medical－journal article that examines what stress can do to your brain． Stress， youll learn， is crippling your neurons so that， a few years or decades from now， Alzheimers or Parkinsons disease will have an easy time destroying whats left． Thats assuming you havent already died by then of some other stress－related ailment such as heart disease． As we enter what is sure to be a long period of uncertainty—a gantlet of lost jobs， dwindling assets， home foreclosures and two continuing wars—the downside of stress is certainly worth exploring． But what about the upside? Its not something we hear much about．　　In the past several years， a lot of us have convinced ourselves that stress is unequivocally negative for everyone， all the time． Weve blamed stress for a wide variety of problems， from slight memory lapses to full－on dementia—and thats just in the brain． Weve even come up with a derisive nickname for people who voluntarily plunge into stressful situations： theyre adrenaline junkies．　　Sure， stress can be bad for you， especially if you react to it with anger or depression or by downing five glasses of Scotch． But whats often overlooked is a common－sense counterpoint： in some circumstances， it can be good for you， too． Its right there in basic－psychology textbooks． As Spencer Rathus puts it in Psychology： Concepts and Connections， some stress is healthy and necessary to keep us alert and occupied． Yet thats not the theme thats been coming out of science for the past few years． The public has gotten such a uniform message that stress is always harmful， says Janet DiPietro， a developmental psychologist at Johns Hopkins University． And thats too bad， because most peo