  Using thermal field theory methods, we recalculate axion emission from dense
plasmas. We study in particular the Primakoff and the bremsstrahlung processes.
The Primakoff rate is significantly suppressed at high densities, when the
electrons become relativistic. However, the bound on the axion-photon coupling,
$G<10^{-10}$ GeV, is unaffected, as it is constrained by the evolution of HB
stars, which have low densities. In contradistinction, the same relativistic
effects enhance the bremsstrahlung processes. From the red giants and white
dwarfs evolution, we obtain a conservative bound on the axion-electron
coupling, $g_{ae} < 2\times 10^{-13}$.
