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...explosive devices--have increased the ranks of the wounded. And these wounded seem to be threatening the morale of the soldiers left behind. While the Air Force has flown 1,513 battle casualties from the Iraqi theater, 9,341 have been flown out for other health reasons, including mental stress...
...they suffer, the wounded in Iraq face other challenges--rehabilitation, retraining, postcombat counseling and long-term medical care, to name a few. All of these will drive up spending at the Department of Veterans Affairs for decades to come. There are also the wounds you cannot see. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a legacy of any war, especially those--unlike the 100-hour first Gulf War--that demand months, if not years, of U.S. occupation. "We have become much better at keeping people with severe injuries alive," says Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, a military think tank in Arlington...
...taking a toll on Grandma's health. According to an ongoing survey of 55,000 registered nurses, grandmothers who provide child-care for nine hours or more a week have a 55% higher risk of having a heart attack. The study did not try to determine why, but stress may be a factor. It may also be that grandmothers with heavy child-care demands have less time to practice good health habits. So Grandma may need--and want--to help take care of the kids, but she must also take care of herself. --By David Bjerklie
...least one would think it is. At Harvard, though, there is no way to escape work, and inevitably stress about problem sets, papers and tests carries over into rehearsal. During my interminable rests, I read coursepacks and highlight in books. Sometimes I feel guilty for not listening to what is going on around me, but often there are just too many pages to read before section the next day, and rehearsal is valid downtime in which...
...part, Slavin fondly recalls the 15-minute recess period every morning in high school. “Sometimes you just need an allotted time to de-stress. Lord knows there’s stress here,” she says. “At Harvard, it’s standard to schedule time for things. We’re just trying to be consistent with the Harvard spirit by scheduling playtime...