Word: stress
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...overlap of mental and physical boosts makes sense, given the biochemistry that's in play when your body is massaged. Levels of feel-good neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine spike, while measures of the stress hormone cortisol drop. This is the same phenomenon that's at work when you feel the fabled runner's or exerciser's high, and it's also one of the things that makes a post-workout massage particularly satisfying. For people whose workouts lead to neck and back pain - or whose existing neck and back pain prevent them from exercising at all - massage...
...much shocked that Kundera, 79, now living in Paris, may have snitched on a suspected class enemy while a staunch Communist. Such things were not uncommon at the time. What most find surprising, however, is that the secret was kept for so long. At the same time, his supporters stress that any such incident should not detract from his work as an artist and could even explain the nature of his genius: his moral detachment and near-obsession with the themes of denunciation and betrayal. "I have always known [Kundera] was a Communist, a man who had believed the idea...
...moderate sounding the alarm like you did in that speech and telling people that their money is safe? Right now we are getting into a confidence situation where even relatively healthy institutions are subject to liquidity stress just because nobody trusts anybody. I think the best way to tackle this is to tell people to have confidence in the system. We're asking Main Street depositors to have confidence in the banking system, and banks should have confidence in each other, too. Look at the numbers. Most banks still have strong capital and loan loss reserves. They have the capability...
...helped me prepare for that,” Howard said. “Princeton in ’05 got closer and closer—you couldn’t help thinking, what if we lost after two and a half years? That’s a lot of stress, and I think part of that helped me deal with the Olympic stress.”In the final, Howard’s Canadian eight took the lead early and maintained it to the finish line. They crossed in 5:23.89, with Great Britain following behind with...
...want) and room temperature water for breakfast; eat anything you like for lunch and dinner (by 8 p.m.). A three o'clock snack is okay, but no desserts after meals, and you have to go to bed before midnight. Sumiko Watanabe, a pharmacist in Osaka designed this stress-free diet to help increase the metabolism of her husband Hitoshi Watanabe, who had been rather overweight. In due course, Mr. Watanabe lost 37 pounds and introduced the diet on mixi, one of Japan's largest social networking services. Morning Banana Diet books published since March have sold over 730,000 copies...