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...down on/stop drinking. MHAAG members informed those who attended the meeting about the amnesty policy at University Health Services (UHS) regarding drinking-related admittances. The policy states that administrators will not punish students admitted to UHS for drinking. The group also discussed the differences between anxiety and normal stress and the differences between sadness and major depression. MHAAG’s pamphlet listed several resources for dealing with these and other mental issues. Students who attended the meeting were rewarded with cheesecake, chocolate-covered espresso beans, tortilla chips, and cheese-and-crackers...
...Cape Cod League, since going 12 innings in an epic 2-1 loss to Yale on April 22. In that start, he threw 145 pitches.Haviland said the Crimson won’t expect Faiola to show signs of wear.“Sometimes you throw 145 and have no stress,” he said, “and sometimes you throw 65 with all kinds of stress—you’re rearing back. So it’s different.”“But,” he added, “to throw that...
...final paper? Although it might seem that reading period due dates are a kind gesture on the part of instructors, meant to give students ample time to create quality work, such late due dates impose time-consuming assignments on a period intended for review. This creates added stress for students who are likely to be already on edge in anticipation of final exams. To be fair to students, courses with final assignments should make those assignments due while classes are still in session. If this is not possible, and for one reason or another final papers or projects must...
...former surgical resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "The only thing wrong with every other night call was that you missed half the good cases." But these long hours of dedication came at a cost: tired doctors made mistakes. Studies showed that long work hours increased stress, depression, pregnancy-related complications, car wrecks and damage to residents' morale and personal life. So now residents' hours are limited to 80-hr. workweeks averaged over a month, in shifts that are limited to 24 hours of patient care, with at least 1 day off in 7. Remaining on call...
Scientists at the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital recently discovered that long-term exposure to stress hormones may be the cause of some symptoms of depression. Researchers wanted to determine the exact nature of the long-recognized link between high cortisol levels and depression. Cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress, increases blood pressure and blood sugar, preparing the body to deal with a stressor. Paul A. Ardayfio, a graduate student at the Harvard Medical School who ran these experiments as part of his dissertation, explained that “we’ve known for over a century that...