Word: overreact
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...some eventually outgrow the condition.) The key, specialists say, is to control the underlying inflammation, usually with corticosteroid drugs. What makes the disease so dangerous is that it can kill in a matter of minutes. Every now and again, for reasons that are not entirely clear, the bronchioles overreact to the presence of allergens. The walls of the airways clamp down, shutting off the supply of oxygen to the heart, the brain and the rest of the body. "It's as if there were a cork in the bronchial tube," explains Dr. William Busse of the University of Wisconsin Medical...
University officials have described Womack as an aberration, assuring the rest of the University community that there is no reason to overreact and impose checks on its new employees. "This person obviously has mental problems, and you don't make policy based on that", said Harvard College Librarian Richard De Gennaro. "This is just one person who happened to be a very bad apple...
...announcing Womack's arrest this week, University officials described the suspect as a lone must of sorts. They said there was no reason for Harvard to overreact and impose new checks on its employees...
...Crimson will have to keep its cool and not overreact to the physical, foul-filled style that the Bears employ. Actually, the players believe that aggressive style will help Harvard rather than hinder...
...longstanding hypothesis got a big boost last week when researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh announced they had discovered compelling evidence that a virus is involved in Type I, or what used to be called juvenile diabetes. In their view, a viral infection causes the immune system to overreact and attack the pancreas. If confirmed, the finding could eventually lead to a vaccine for people with a family history of diabetes...