Word: triggered
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...that Saeed--if indeed he is the kidnapper--once took pity on the innocents he had duped into captivity. Echoing words uttered by a radical in a van seven years ago, Marianne Pearl in a televised interview offered herself to her husband's kidnappers. The question is, Did she trigger a memory...
...gets plenty of ice time and he is more of the trigger guy now,” he wrote in an e-mail. “He plays 40-plus minutes a night and is working with four freshman defensemen and a freshman goalie...
...like potato chips and doughnuts), nuts lower blood levels of triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol--a perfect formula for preventing heart disease. Many nuts, such as pecans and walnuts, also contain a phytochemical called ellagic acid. In preliminary laboratory studies, ellagic acid seemed to trigger a process known as apoptosis, in which cancer cells kill themselves. Nuts provide another benefit: they contain vitamin E, a potent antioxidant that may help ward off heart disease and cancer. The downside? At about 150 calories per ounce, they are a sure ticket to the fat farm. Eat them...
Walking, in fact, may be the perfect exercise. For starters, it's one of the safest things you can do with your body. It's much easier on the knees than running and, beyond an occasional stitch in the side, doesn't trigger untoward side effects. "Regular physical activity is probably as close to a magic bullet as we will come in modern medicine," says Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "If everyone in the U.S. were to walk briskly 30 minutes a day, we could cut the incidence of many...
...season is a scary time for asthmatics. They believe--correctly--that the disease can be especially dangerous for them. But many also believe--incorrectly--that the flu shot itself can trigger an asthma attack, which is one of the reasons 9 out of 10 asthmatics pass on getting an annual flu shot. Those fears are misplaced, according to researchers who studied the risks and determined that the vaccine is safe for both children and adults--and who strongly recommend that America's 25 million asthmatics get a flu shot every year...