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Growing Up is Awfuler then All the Awful things that Ever Were
We now know that too much stress makes you sick.
Fifty years ago, we had no idea. Credit an upholsterer, a chair, and
some lab rats.
Dr. Paul J. Rosch, President of the American Institute of
Stress, describes a series of not so nice things he and his colleagues
did to rodents which began to illuminate what it means to be "stressed
out." Dr. Robert Sapolsky takes us to the edges of our seats,
literally, as he explains the discovery of Type A personality, and why
being a Type A person is worse for you then smoking. Speaking of
chairs, upholsterer Charles Young helps us smooth our wrinkles. And we
conclude this segment with a trip to one of the truly bizarre outposts
of medicine - stressed dwafism - and story of a much beloved author
caught in a body that never grew up.
» American Institute of Stress
» Dr. Robert Sapolsky’s book: The Trouble With Testosterone
» J.M. Barrie's website
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