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...Harvard midterms stretch interminably long. For months, you will have important exams, all of which will be labeled “midterms.” Combine exam-induced, soul-crushing stress with the seasonal deterioration of the weather and the stage is set for Seasonal Affective Disorder, which may occupy your soul and grind you into the earth. For the dedicated Harvard student, ambitious November is a challenge well...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Year Ahead: Rashes, Refreshments, and Naked Runs | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

...Take your exams, shake off the stress, and then you’ll have nothing else to do. Stick around for a few days to sleep and chill out while your friends are still here. Then au revoir, Harvard...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Year Ahead: Rashes, Refreshments, and Naked Runs | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

Vets still gripe about wading through red tape for treatment. Some 11,000 have been waiting 30 days or more for their first appointment. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars could stress the system, although for the moment VA officials say the agency can accommodate the new patients. That's because older vets, especially those from the World War II and Korean War eras, are dying of natural causes at the rate of about 600,000 a year, whereas the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have so far created a little more than 550,000 new vets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Veterans' Hospitals Became the Best in Health Care | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...weeks ago, a prototype of the "Huggable" was unveiled at the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Boston. According to the Robotic Life Group's website, "studies have shown that animals are capable of lowering stress, reducing heart and respiratory rate, showing positive changes in hormonal levels, mood elevation, and increased social facilitation." There are many situations, however, in which patients cannot utilize animal therapy: if they have allergies, are in certain public spaces, etc. The Huggable not only overcomes those hurdles, but should be able to interact with patients and provide quantitative information to caregivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi Today, Sci-Fact Tomorrow | 8/25/2006 | See Source »

...brought in $1.3 million last year. Boyd says she'd like to help the new wave of African Americans looking to do business in Ghana. "If I had had someone to lead me through the process here, I think I would have had a lot less anxiety and stress," says Boyd. "If you are here with $50,000 and a business plan and put your nose to the grindstone, you will succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana's New Money | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

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