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...stumbled upon by AA (new members are advised to attend a meeting a day for the first 90 days) and is the duration of a typical stint in a drug-treatment program. It turns out that this is just about how long it takes for the brain to reset itself and shake off the immediate influence of a drug. Researchers at Yale University have documented what they call the sleeper effect--a gradual re-engaging of proper decision making and analytical functions in the brain's prefrontal cortex--after an addict has abstained for at least 90 days...
...this view, people who are prone to migraine have a low threshold for activating the trigeminal nerve. Those who suffer only an occasional tension-type headache have a much higher threshold. Persistent treatment of acute attacks and prevention of additional ones may reset the brain's threshold point at a higher level...
...store or pay back sleep,” Lockley said. For those pulling all-nighters, the news is more sobering: staying up all night is the equivalent to flying to Australia, and it takes at least 12 days for a body’s internal clock to reset. Though Lockley did say that neither napping nor hitting the snooze button is useless, he stressed the importance of long, undisturbed blocks of sleep at night. “The first four hours of sleep are characterized by slow eye movement, and the second half by rapid eye movement...
...newcomer Alexandra Clarke that impressed the most. On Saturday at the Minnesota Aquatic Center, Clarke placed 17th in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:21.43, just one spot short of being named an All-American. Although she was out of scoring range, she still managed to reset her school record in the 1000-yard with her start in the race. “Getting 17th in the mile is a huge incentive for next year,” Clarke said. “That’s what I take most from this tournament?...
...feel like an elliptic sermon. As in “Intervention,” the fourth song on the album, questions are posed by the group, and most are unanswered. “Who’s gonna throw the very first stone? / Who’s gonna reset the bone?” frontman Win Butler quavers. While the songs occasionally resemble sermons, they rarely feel preachy. One of the greatest improvements in “Neon Bible” is its defined, consistent tone. However, it’s also its greatest flaw. The album as a whole...