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...team led by Harvard researchers has discovered a family of naturally occurring proteins in human cells that protect against influenza and other illnesses??a finding that may lead to methods to speed up vaccine production and to new flu prevention drugs for humans...
...also reported a nationwide drop in the frequency of visits to doctors for “influenza-like illnesses?? for the fourth straight week...
...confusing and often ambiguous nature of many mental illnesses?? diagnostic criteria contribute to a widespread ignorance. The website of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) points out that “the fact that many, if not most, people have experienced mental health problems that mimic or even match some of the symptoms of a diagnosable mental disorder tends, ironically, to prompt many people to underestimate the painful, disabling nature of severe mental illness.” Indeed, people don’t say, “My back hurts! OMG I so have leukemia...
...need for college students to understand the nature of mental illness is imperative and timely, for most illnesses?? symptoms first surface in late adolescence and early adulthood. Be sensitive, be open-minded, be aware and get informed: When others reference mental health in a trivial or stigmatizing way, remind them that mental illness is a serious issue that affects everybody. Hundreds of Harvard students live with mental illness; you or a loved one may suffer from a disease that others may, in their ignorance, attempt to render funny. Ideally, the result of education about mental illness will...
...years that he’s not inclined to blow political issues out of proportion. Sundquist’s first months at Harvard came with a sizeable dose of contingency, as his mother’s bout with cancer—following on the heels of other family illnesses??rendered it uncertain whether his time would not be better spent at home. Although the disease did recede, allowing him to continue his studies, he says the events of his past have not left him unaffected.“Sort of being around all those things sort of helped...