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...know the shock of the unexpected is stressful. And researchers have long suspected that stress harms the body. But partly because individual reactions to stress are so variable, solid clinical evidence linking emotions to actual heart attacks and other coronary disease has been elusive. But that's changing. New studies suggest that both chronic strain at work and bad relationships put people at a markedly increased risk of heart trouble. As a result, researchers are calling more insistently for doctors to include the diagnosis and treatment of stress in routine care for patients with heart conditions and for those...
...family. Since immigrating to the U.S. as a teenager, I have enjoyed more opportunity and freedom of choice than either my mother or grandmother. But I now see that I am paying the price for multitasking and the pursuit of the American Dream, with the accompanying stress and ceaseless consumerism. Focusing on the treatments of breast cancer is necessary, but I feel more emphasis should be given to prevention, which received little attention in your article. Frederica Sagiani, New York City...
...long as I can remember, the imperial family's been like one big ball of stress.' PRINCE TOMOHITO, cousin of Japan's Emperor Akihito, attributing his battle with alcoholism to the pressures of belonging to the royal family...
...long as I can remember, the imperial family's been, like, one big ball of stress...
...Williams’ Overture to “The Wasps,” a popular selection from a suite written for a 1909 production of Aristophanes’s satire, “The Wasps.” The overture began with taut strings that emanated an aura of stress. Flutes followed, shrieking. This tense introduction represented the “wasps” referenced in the title—actually overzealous Athenian jurors in Aristophanes’s text.Although the orchestra, sounding out of tune, had gotten off to a rocky start, it finished the piece very professionally...