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...determine the exact nature of the long-recognized link between high cortisol levels and depression. Cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress, increases blood pressure and blood sugar, preparing the body to deal with a stressor. Paul A. Ardayfio, a graduate student at the Harvard Medical School who ran these experiments as part of his dissertation, explained that “we’ve known for over a century that chronically high levels of cortisol were linked to depression, so we decided to test whether or not cortisol directly caused some symptoms of depression...

Author: By E. ALEXANDER Pickett, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Depression May Be Linked To Cortisol | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

Warren completed the marathon course while juggling three balls and running alongside a fellow joggler and former world record holder, Michal E. Kapral, in what Warren called a “joggling duel.” The two ran together for about half of the race before Warren pulled ahead, eventually placing 911th in the race...

Author: By Patrick S. Lahue, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Div. School ‘Joggler’ Sets World Record at Marathon | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

Warren said he ran to support an Afghani NGO called the Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children, which works to reduce the trauma of war for children. Warren set up donation collections at the race and also accepts donations through his website, unicycle4kids.org...

Author: By Patrick S. Lahue, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Div. School ‘Joggler’ Sets World Record at Marathon | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...grabbed me by the throat, held a knife to it, and said he'd butcher me like a lamb. Another time, he tried to throw me out of a 12-story window. Another, he beat me with a bicycle chain. By the time I took the children and ran away from him, we'd all seen a lot. He's in a hospital now in Paris, where they care for the mentally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moussaoui's Mother: "This Is a Show Trial" | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...final decision on all matters of security and foreign policy - including and especially the nuclear issue - although he typically abides by the consensus of the National Security Council. The Council is led by Ali Larijani, appointed by and answerable to the Supreme Leader, and a man who also ran for president against Ahmadinejad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran President's Bark May Be Worse than His Bite | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

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