Word: brotman
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...people have witnessed history like Charlie Brotman. The 81-year-old Washington, D.C., native has served as the official announcer for every Inauguration parade since 1957, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to J.F.K. to both Bushes. From his home in D.C., Brotman spoke with TIME about how the parade reflects the President, why you don't mess around with the Secret Service, and what the city can expect with up to 2 million visitors. (See pictures of the best Obama Inaugural merchandise...
...problem is that most doctors don't have the time to ask probing questions. "It's ironic that as we're getting a broader picture of how important stress levels are to physical health, we're simultaneously cramming appointments into shorter and shorter periods of time," says Dr. Daniel Brotman, director of the Hospitalist Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Brotman, too, believes an undeniable link exists between stress and heart disease. But given that most people cope with stress just fine, he says it's unrealistic to ask overworked doctors to screen every patient for an emotional condition that...
...their patients' physical concerns. If a woman complains of chest pain, for example, but says it only bothers her when she's feeling tense or pressured - and not on the treadmill or climbing a flight of stairs - her doctor should interpret her anxiety as a genuine risk factor, says Brotman. "The trigger is emotional, and physicians tend to blow that off," he says...
...variety of ways: they might, for instance, irritate lymphatic tissue that in turn alters our immune functions, or they might simply cause the resting heart to beat faster. "Anybody who has almost been hit by a bus knows how much emotional stress can rev up your cardiovascular system," says Brotman. "But having frequent bouts of fight or flight is not something we're designed to do." That's where chronic stressors become physical threats...
...matter of quality of life, or life and death, it's probably good advice for the stressed-out folk among us to take a breather now and again. "With chronic stress, we may not feel it in our cardiovascular systems, but we do feel drained," says Brotman. "It's hard to imagine going through those periods and not thinking, 'This...