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...thing’s for certain—any surplus stress added on to the valiant pursuit of enjoying “quality time” with the fam during the holidays is less than ideal. It takes enough energy to get through the supposedly benevolent guidance from grammy about matters such as precisely where you should part your hair or button your blouse...
...HEART There's more to a broken heart than a songwriter's clich. Stress cardiomyopathy, sometimes known as the "broken heart syndrome," is associated with the loss of a loved one and often mistaken for a classic heart attack. But researchers at Johns Hopkins studying a group of mostly female patients discovered that the syndrome is caused by a surge of adrenaline and other stress hormones that temporarily stuns the heart muscle. There is no permanent damage to the heart, however, and patients usually show dramatic improvement in a few days and complete recovery within two weeks...
...drug can be created to reduce stathmin activity in the amygdala of humans. According to Bolshakov, creating such a drug would be “the next step.” “Our work has some interesting possibilities for people with anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. If you could regulate this gene expression in humans, you probably could treat anxiety disorders,” Bolshakov said. The genetic mutation made it impossible for the mice to produce stathmin. The brain activity of the mutant mice showed that they had difficulties strengthening connections between their nerve...
...Failures to communicate with both shuttle users and the powers-that-be in New Haven left many (including me) literally in the dark on Saturday evening. In this case, the devil was in the details: some basic common sense could have spared hundreds of Harvard students an afternoon of stress, worry, and uncertainly in an unfamiliar place.Given the trust that hundreds of students had placed in the UC by purchasing shuttle tickets, it would have hardly been unreasonable for the entire UC to be called into action Saturday morning, distributing flyers about the change at the game and the tailgate...
...wasn’t the best. The game got uglier as picks and fumbles snowballed in an out-of-control turnover orgy, and the Crimson made an unfortunate habit out of choking on third down, converting 5-of-15 in the game. “Personally, it was too stressful,” sophomore cornerback Steven Williams said. “I’d rather have had a blowout, but I’ll take a win either way.” Blowout wins aren’t thrillers—contrast Yale with the Crimson?...