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...first hit her 10 years ago she was reluctant to use medication, figuring she could get well by exercising more, adjusting her diet and smiling in front of a mirror. But for that approach to work, she says, she'd have needed to practice it for six to 12 stress-free months on a secluded island. Instead, she went on the drugs and felt better in two weeks. Author of the recently reprinted handbook Depression Explained (ABC Books), Smith espouses the biological theory of depression, of which, in her view, serotonin deficiency is just a component. "The pathway into depression...
...published last Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found a “modest inverse U-shaped relation” between coffee consumption and hypertension after controlling for other factors such as diet and smoking. While not disputing the short-term increase in blood pressure and stress hormones found by other studies, one of the authors of the report, Dr. Gary C. Curhan, suggests people who drink a large amount of coffee develop some sort of resistance over time. The study backs up a similar investigation by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published...
...doing yoga to sharpen their physical and mental game. The nation’s largest Division I program with 41 varsity sports, Harvard has more than 1500 student-athletes juggling athletic and academic commitments. According to the National College Health Assessment 2004, 33.7 percent of Harvard undergraduates indicate stress as an impediment to performance, both academic and otherwise. From the varsity men and women’s squash team to the varsity men and women’s crew team, athletes on campus are finding that yoga offers a needed break from the rigor of day-to-day campus life...
...Richard Kadison, Chief of Mental Health Services at UHS, wrote in an e-mail that he thinks that "the stress levels are very high at Harvard and around the country...
...interest], I’m sure we can find other things to do with the space.” Despite the wide range of feelings expressed in regards to the lounge, most agree that the gaming room has the correct aims. “Harvard can be a high stress atmosphere,” said Chadbourne, “so anything we can do to create a more social space... I think [is] definitely a step in the right direction...