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...Detention House. The pneumonia marked the beginning of serious physical deterioration. The prolonged lack of nutritious food, sunshine and fresh air made full recovery impossible and caused the body's aging process to speed up. It also reduced my mental powers to such an extent that I often found it difficult to concentrate on one subject for long. The prospect of losing my ability to think logically and analytically frightened me more than the fact that my hair was falling out by the handful, my gums bled and I had lost a great deal of weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...decided that if I was going to survive the Cultural Revolution, I needed physical and mental exercise. I devised a series of exercises that moved every part of my body from my head to my toes; I did this twice a day. At first, the exercise exhausted me, and I had to interrupt it with frequent rest. Also I had to avoid the prying eyes of the guards, as exercise other than a few minutes of walking in the cell after meals was forbidden. Nevertheless, I managed to exercise each day and after a few months I recovered my physical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

Binge eating is not yet included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Boothby wrote, but UHS acknowledges the problem as a disorder...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Binge Eating Tops Anorexia | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

Scientists began suspecting that binge eating was a mental health problem in the late 1980s, according to Hudson...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Binge Eating Tops Anorexia | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

...convert three match points at 5-4 in the second set, finished off No. 59 Brian Hung, 7-5.“He had an aggressive game style,” Clayton said. “He played into my strength, my speed, allowing me to break him down mentally.”The raucous Michigan crowd and a controversial call on Clayton’s last 5-4 match point forced him to display his grit and mental toughness in taking his second singles match of the weekend.“There were hecklers and whatnot...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Leaves Wolverine State Empty-Handed | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

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