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...SEGT comes from the new field of psycho-oncology, which explores the role the mind might play in both causing and treating cancer. It remains on the fringe of medicine, and insofar as it delves into causation is likely to remain so: while stress has been shown to compromise the immune system, there's no strong evidence that these changes are significant in the development of cancer. But as a treatment adjunct, psycho- oncology is creeping into the mainstream. Self-help groups for cancer patients at all stages of the disease are common in Australia. But SEGT, the brainchild...
...start of the trial and at six-monthly intervals for the next two years, subjects were tested for depression, stress and anxiety, and questioned about the health of their relationships and their exuberance for life. Two-thirds of the 227 underwent SEGT; the rest received relaxation therapy. While the results are not yet ready for release, they "indicate there are some significant benefits from SEGT," says project coordinator Brenda Grabsch. The women learned to mourn their fate, then "rise above these feelings to discover humor and creativity," says former Thursday Girls therapist David Kissane, now chairman of the department...
Assistant captain Ryan Lannon missed some practice last week with an injury, as did sophomores Kevin Du and Steve Mandes. Lannon played against Windsor, but neither Mandes, out with a sprained ankle, nor Du, sidelined with a stress fracture, dressed for the contest. Both, however, expect to be ready for next Friday’s matchup against Brown in Providence...
...found himself in over his head pushing for a ruthless syndicate. Joe’s mood swings—guardedly tender one moment, ambitious another, and occasionally terrified—are earnest and comprehensible, and Fredricks does a commendable job portraying the complexities of a weak personality under stress. Slightly less can be said of the female lead, Joe’s love interest. Though Liesje A. Hodgson ’08 is dealt a pretty bum hand in the character of Darlene, the shy, not-so-bright, doe-eyed Midwestern girl who winds up in the Naked City...
...fretting over their young charges. And it's the place that routinely achieves the unexpected and finds a huge audience to devour it. "Oftentimes people call animation a genre, and that's completely wrong," Bird says. "It's a medium that can express any genre. I often think people stress the technology too much. The heart of the matter is still characters...