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More and more doctors--and patients--recognize that mental states and physical well-being are intimately connected. An unhealthy body can lead to an unhealthy mind, and an illness of the mind can trigger or worsen diseases in the body. Fixing a problem in one place, moreover, can often help the other...
...adult. The implication, says Terrie Moffitt, a professor of psychology at Wisconsin: "Genes influence people's susceptibility or resistance to environmental 'pathogens.'" Someone with a low genetic propensity will have to be pushed very hard to become violent; another individual with a different genetic makeup might have a hair trigger...
FRENCH FRIES Cooking potatoes and other starchy foods at high temperatures can trigger the formation of acrylamide, a compound that has been shown to cause cancer in lab rats. Scientists also know there are toxic consequences to breathing the acrylamide in cigarette smoke. So are chips and fries even worse for us than we thought or just the latest food fright? A report by the American Council on Science and Health concludes that we can relax. There is no evidence that acrylamide, when consumed in food, poses a cancer risk. But all the other reasons for going easy on deep...
...organs less piglike (and thus less likely to be rejected by human immune systems): by removing one of the genes responsible for the most severe form of rejection. That doesn't mean that pig-to-human transplants are about to begin. The gene is probably one of several that trigger the human immune response, so the genetically engineered pigs are the first in what will probably be several generations of human-friendly porkers...
...drug does have its risks. According to several clinical studies, Prozac is associated with insomnia, restlessness, nausea, weakness, loss of appetite and tremors. For up to 60% of users, Prozac will interfere with their sex drive. Given indiscriminately to manic-depressives, it can trigger serious manic episodes. And there is anecdotal evidence linking Prozac with suicide and other violent behavior, although whether Prozac or the underlying depression is to blame is still an open question...