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...worst news came out of a joint U.S.-Australian study in which scientists announced that the world's coral reefs may have only a few decades to live. The two biggest threats are diseases, which hit harder when coral organisms are environmentally stressed, and bleaching--the loss of beneficial algae due to rising global temperatures. The investigators involved in the study believe human impact goes back much further, to our hunter-gatherer days. Analyzing the evolutionary history of 14 reefs around the world, they found evidence of ancient, land-based pollution that has long been toxic to coral. Additionally, centuries...
...fast-lane urban life, people pay too little attention to such conditions as stress and depression. Spending a few minutes a day meditating can really improve our body dynamics. I hope more people realize its power so they can experience more tranquillity. SIVA PRASAD Hyderabad, India...
...victim of those old stress nightmares. Generally I'm backstage, I don't know my first line and I'm waiting for the cue. I guess they're just anxiety dreams...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is usually associated with grownup veterans of wars or terrorist attacks, but doctors have known for some time that children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the long-term psychological scarring that can follow a close encounter with extreme violence. In that respect, there was news both bad and good last week about PTSD and children. The bad news is that the incidence of PTSD in children is higher in the U.S. than we might have expected. The good news is that effective techniques have been developed to identify--and treat--those who are most...
Stephen J. Ford ’69, the dean’s son, said that the stress of those tumultuous days had a harmful effect on his father, who suffered a mild stroke within a month after the University Hall takeover...