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There seems to be a lot of depression going around these days, which shouldn't be surprising, given the stress of the holidays and the continuing psychic fallout of Sept. 11. What is surprising is how many more depressed people are getting treatment--at least compared with 10 years ago. I remember in my first year of medical school, back in the late 1980s, being taught about a new class of antidepression medications called SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, of which Prozac is now the most famous. What we didn't realize then is that the SSRIs would start...
...heart, which makes a lot of sense. The heart is a muscle, after all, and anything that makes the blood flow faster through a muscle helps keep it in shape. But regular walking benefits the heart in other ways as well. It lowers blood pressure, which helps decrease the stress on the arteries. It can boost the amount of HDL cholesterol (the good one) in the blood. It even seems to make the blood less "sticky" and therefore less likely to produce unwanted clots. It all adds up to as much as a 50% reduction in the risk of suffering...
TRUE LIES Next time you tell a little white lie to your spouse or boss, be sure they're not holding a Truster. This portable lie detector from DreamQuest analyzes sonic waves in the voice for signs of stress and claims 85% accuracy; it even plugs into cell phones. Campaigning politicians everywhere, beware...
...each year, but what is good for the heart may not be good for the head. About a third of surgery patients, particularly those who are older and less educated, are at higher risk of cognitive decline after bypass surgery, according to a Duke University study. Doctors stress, however, that heart patients should not take this as an excuse to avoid needed surgery; it's not clear exactly how much of the mental fogginess is a direct result of the bypass operation and how much is a function of aging, medication or pre-existing cognitive problems...
Ward said Wiley was probably disoriented due to “a long day, with lots of fatigue and stress,” and because of drinking wine after the conference, although she said it is not possible to accurately determine blood alcohol content post-mortem...