Word: stressful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...concepts of disease. The underlying pathobiology of Gulf War illness is not apparent from routine clinical tests, and the illness appears not to be the result of a single cause producing a well-known effect." While the military insisted for years that GWI was another form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the panel concluded that there is no link between the two conditions. In fact, studies have shown that Gulf War veterans have lower rates of PTSD than veterans of other wars...
Even at the best of times, Hong Kong is one of the world's more stressed-out cities. Life for its seven million residents is a tension-filled mix of long working hours, fierce career competition, and the constant pressure to make more money to survive high rents and costs. So in these times of economic duress, with plunging stock prices and rising unemployment, that stress can boil over. In October, Caritas, a social services organization, set up a special government-funded hotline to counsel those suffering from the economic downturn. In the first month, Caritas received more than...
Yesterday’s meeting began with professors standing two deep at the doors on one side of the Faculty Room—an attendance apparently bolstered by Smith’s efforts beforehand to stress the importance of the presentation...
...graduation. O’Herin admitted that balancing school and his new marital status is no breeze, “It’s kind of hard to get my mind back on school.” After all, the blissful couple is not immune to the usual senior stresses: midterms, extra-curriculars, and job searching. But if there’s one thing they don’t have to stress about, it’s the post-grad dating scene. Ah, to be young and in love. Getting engaged? Send your proposal stories to fm.proposals@gmail.com...
Between job stress, irreconcilable schedules and general inertia, my live-in boyfriend and I had fallen into a serious sex rut - we weren't having any. So when he suggested last Halloween that we spend the weekend in New Orleans - or, as I like to put it, getting sleazy in the Big Easy - I jumped at the chance...