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...body's usual response to stress, known as the "fight or flight response," is increased heart and breathing rates, blood pressure and muscle tension caused by the secretion of norepinephrine, Benson said. The body's "relaxation response," which can be brought about by meditation, counteracts the effects of the fight or flight response and causes relief from stress...
Meditation as a technique to relieve stress has been known for centuries, but no one knew how it worked, Dr. Herbert Benson, associate professor at the Medical School and co-author of the study, said yesterday. The researchers concluded from the three-year study that meditation blocks the effect on the body of norepinephrine, an "emergency hormone" secreted in response to stress...
...Also out of action is Pete Evans, who has "only skated about four days so far" because of a painful groin pull and a foot injury caused by a Mark Fusco slapshot... Saturday's game was preceded by the annual Harvard hockey alumni game. Participants included Joe Bertagna, Rick Benson, Dave Hynes, Bob McManama, Kevin Hampe, Cleary and many others...
...Mind/Body Effect--Dr. Herbert Benson; Cambridge Forum, 3 Church...
...away from death, yet he is imperious in manner and caustic of tongue. Sometimes, Kitchen grasps the nettle of truth with blazing lucidity; at other times, he stumbles through a fog bank of displaced memories. The people around him, his daughter Mathilda (Sheila Ballantine), his wealthy son-in-law Benson (Gerald Flood), who grudgingly houses him, his watchdog companion Bristol (Edward Judd), whom Kitchen believes to be a So viet spy, and his granddaughter Gloria (Marty Cruickshank) are not full-fleshed characters but more like ghostly presences. Storey utilizes them like light switches to illuminate the rooms of Kitchen...