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...whom went back to work within 18 months of their heart attack for at least 10 hours a week. In periodic follow-up interviews between 1996 and 2005, those patients who reported chronic job strain - defined as a job that was high in psychological demands but low in feelings of control - were not only at higher risk for a second heart attack, but also had a markedly higher risk of death than their less-stressed peers. Studies like this may strengthen the link between stress and disease, says Orth-Gomer, whose editorial accompanies the Canadian study in the October...
...Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers at the University College of London followed a group of about 9,000 civil servants for 12 years and found that people who experienced negative close relationships - marked by conflict and fighting - had a 34% higher risk of a coronary event than those with low levels of negativity in their closest personal relationships. The emotions that play out in a bad marriage for instance, the authors write, have a direct, cumulative "wear and tear" on organs and tissues that may leave people at greater risk of illness...
Denis S.K. Low, a retired realtor and Singapore native, has been amassing them for 28 years. His collection now stretches to 1,300 items - 355 of which feature in his latest book, Chinese Snuff Bottles. A selection can also be seen in an exhibition at Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum until Nov. 7. In his text, Low describes the look and significance of every 2-in. to 3-in. (5-7 cm) piece. The interplay of fauna and flora - from quails to monkeys and lotus flowers to peonies - reflects the world of deference and ambition that centered on the Emperor...
...Saturday, the standout one-putted the last five holes and totaled a very low 27 putts on the round. She also did not miss a green the entire...
...stellar possession time throughout the second half. Kartsonis, who provided the game-winning goal against Fairfield last Tuesday, recorded her second assist of the season on the play. “When Kerry passed to me I got it in right past the goalkeeper, in the low right corner,” Merritt said. Despite a slow beginning, the Crimson offense made the Big Red’s freshman goalkeeper Jodi Palmer work, attempting six shots in the first 15 minutes of play and pushing Palmer to make three saves. Freshman standouts Gina Wideroff and Katherine Sheeleigh kept the shots...