Archive for April 23rd, 2009

 

LIVING WITH DIABETES: PANCREAS AND ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTS

April 23rd, 2009

The best hope for a cure for people with diabetes who depend on insulin treatment is the replacement of the non-functioning pancreas cells with healthy ones. This could be done by Pancreas cell transplants. Pancreas transplantation has been carried out in a number of centers for many years, but unfortunately they have not been as [...]

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LIFE WITHOUT STRESS: MEDITATION

April 23rd, 2009

The key to our management of stress lies in those moments when our brain runs quietly in a way that restores harmony of function. This occurs naturally in our moments of repose and day-dreaming, in moments of stillness as we ponder some aspect of nature, and in the quiet that comes to our mind in [...]

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AGGRESSION AS AN INFERIOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION TO ESCAPE STRESS

April 23rd, 2009

In stress there is an over-alertness of brain cells. They fire off more easily than they should to minor stimuli which in normal circumstances would go unheeded. The result of this situation is that our aggression is aroused easily, and we tend to react with aggressive behaviour in a way that is less than appropriate. [...]

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BODILY SYMPTOMS OF STRESS: PALPITATIONS

April 23rd, 2009

Stress may manifest itself in a great number of different bodily symptoms. Many of these bodily symptoms have a close resemblance to the symptoms of serious organic illness. So it is natural for the individual suffering from stress symptoms to think that he may in fact have some serious, life-threatening illness, rather than the unpleasantly [...]

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