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After Congress last year approved a 15 percent increase in funding for the National Institutes for Health (NIH), many at Harvard felt they could relax their lobbying efforts...
...were told by their vet that the best course of action was to put the dog down. Desperate, they turned to veterinarian Nancy Scanlan, who has been practicing holistic medicine for animals since 1988. She inserted eight needles between the dog's neck and hips in an effort to relax Barney's tight muscles. Barney, who Scanlan says is "coming out of his shell," has ceased to snap at home...
...relax? Start by recalling the core definition of news: that which is new. The less common a tragedy, the more likely it is to lead the nightly broadcast. Last winter, when you turned on the TV and saw footage from the school shooting in West Paducah, Ky., you could find some consolation: if this sort of thing had much chance of happening at your child's school, it wouldn't be the lead story...
Here's why: Beta-blockers counteract the body's fight-or-flight reactions to stress. More specifically, the drugs block the so-called beta-adrenergic receptors--molecules, found in muscles, that respond to surges of adrenaline. The beta-blockers thus relax the heart, causing it to beat more slowly. This seems like the last thing you would want to do for someone whose heart isn't pumping much blood in the first place...
...Orioles and the Cuban National team. One game would take place in Cuba, a second at Camden Yards. While Cuban officials are reportedly "skeptical" that the meeting will lead to any real diplomacy, there have been signs in the past that Castro, still a huge fan, is willing to relax his policies when it comes to baseball: Last year when the New York Yankees won the World Series, he allowed the family of Cuban defector Orlando (El Duque) Hernandez to travel to New York City for the team's ticker-tape parade...