reason.on Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=F...d_out_of_breathAnger Leaves You Old And Out Of Breath'Thursday, 31st August 2006, 06:59Category: Healthy LivingGetting angry ages you and leaves you breathless, news research has revealed.The study, which monitored both hostility levels and lung function, revealed that increased anger accelerated the normal ageing process.Hostility and anger have already been associated with heart disease, death and asthma.The hostility levels of 670 men were measured in 1986, with each being given a hostility score, and then they were monitored for a further eight years. Their lung capacity was measured on three occasions during this time.Lung power at the start of the study was significantly worse among those who exhibited high levels of anger and hostility compared with those who exhibited medium to low levels.But it was also worse at each examination throughout the period of study.The link held true even after taking into account factors such as smoking.Each point increase in the hostility score was associated with a loss of FEV1 — the volume of air that can be forced out of the lungs in one second, and a measure of lung power — of 9 ml a year compared with men whose hostility levels were lower.The study covered men aged from 45 to 86, with an average age of 62.Dr Paul Lehrer, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey in the United States, said: "Indeed it is hard to find a disease for which emotion or stress plays absolutely no part in symptom severity, frequency, or intensity of flare-ups."Dr Lehrer added that chronic anger may permanently alter the normal body responses to and physical and psychological stressors and add to "wear and tear".But he cautions that associations do not necessarily equate to cause.He added: "Personality, as well as physiology, can change over time, and deterioration in health and physical function can lead to negative emotion as well as vice versa, including for respiratory diseases."Previous research has suggested that changes in mood can have short term effects on the lungs.Anger and hostility will alter neurological and hormonal processes, which in turn may disturb immune system activity, producing chronic inflammation, Dr Lehrer said.He added that physiological components of anger and stress overlap, and stress is well known to affect the immune system B) RCR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) Hmmm... I know some folks that are in a wee bit of trouble , then... Edited August 31, 2006 by Rich Engle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Hmmm... I know some folks that are in a wee bit of trouble , then... And who look it too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Branden Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Wow! I appear to be a scientist as well as a philosopher.Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Wow! I appear to be a scientist as well as a philosopher.BarbaraWell, yeah , of course you are! In between reading chicken guts and casting spells, of course. rdeSomeday, PARC will be cheap enough that I can use it for a swanky doorstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Gomez Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) Rich,I have to disagree with you. The price of used items is based upon their supply. Until the sales figures for PARC equal more than 2 or 3 copies, used editions will always be priced high. Edited September 2, 2006 by Jody Gomez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNA Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Rich, Jody, the book expert, knows what he's talking about. He's got a really really bad fetish for books, obsessive compulsive. I've been in his house. I could barely get through the front door. It was that bad. And on top of it, he answered the door in brazillian cut briefs made up of pages from PARC. Sorry, Rich, I had to use your line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Rich,I have to disagree with you. The price of used items is based upon their supply. Until the sales figures for PARC equal more than 2 or 3 copies, used editions will always be priced high. Dude, it's about time you pulled your swanky self back in here...Yeah, I know, you have a point. Right now the lowest price for a used doorstop, er, copy is 18.39 US. Might as well buy a new one at that point, but there is no way on God's earth that Valliant will ever see a penny of my pimp juice. I'd rather restock my Hunter Thompson library or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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