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Jab that could put a stop to stress without slowing us down
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| Aug 2, 2010
| Rachel Quigley
Posted on 08/02/2010 4:19:48 PM PDT by fightinJAG
Forget the age-old remedies of yoga, meditation or popping pills. Relieving chronic stress could soon be as simple as having an injection, according to scientists.
Academics say they are close to developing the first vaccine for stress - a single jab that would help us relax without slowing down.
After 30 years of research into cures for stress, Dr Robert Sapolsky, professor of neuroscience at Stanford University in California, believes it is possible to alter brain chemistry to create a state of 'focused calm'.
[snip]
'To be honest, I'm still amazed that it works,' Professor Sapolsky told Wired magazine recently.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; populationcontrol; sapolsky; soma; stress; vaccines
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To: fightinJAG
May I be the first to say OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: fightinJAG
“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, whaat? said Professor Sapolsky,
Got any more brownies?”
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:22:23 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
“Hey, don’t Bogart that jab!”
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:23:07 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: fightinJAG
Conceptually, it sounds nice, but I do not like the idea of turning my immune system against myself.
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:23:35 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pin up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: fightinJAG
Really, I can hardly wait to see what follows.
Freep away!
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:24:09 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ConservativeMind
You wouldn’t be turning it against yourself, you’d
just be getting with it. Get it?
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:25:15 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: fightinJAG
Thats why god invented Booze.........
Some guy in Rome back in Caesar's time said: "Wine is a gift from God, because it allows a troubled man, to sleep w/o troubles."
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:27:37 PM PDT
by
MrPiper
To: fightinJAG
The side effect is that it makes you want to listen to old Cheech and Chong recordings.
To: fightinJAG
Jab? I thought Soma was distributed in pill form.
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:28:59 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving.)
To: chickenlips
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
In the throes of uncontrolled and uncontrollable stress reactions, yes, this little jab sounds like quite the trick. However, when you think the guvmint will be in charge of your health care, and they could at will turn millions of people into islands of “focused calm,” well, I don’t know.
/s sort of
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:29:36 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Obama: "I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today.")
To: tet68
Are you speaking of tuning in to drop out or some such thing?
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:30:25 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Obama: "I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today.")
To: fightinJAG
After early setbacks, the Stanford team has adapted a herpes virus to carry engineered 'neuroprotective' genes deep into the brain to neutralise the rogue hormones before they can cause damage. The virus is now shown to work on rats. I salute the brave volunteers who signup for testing.
To: fightinJAG
Sociopaths have this naturally.
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:38:29 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(I have five dollars for each of you.)
To: vbmoneyspender
The virus is now shown to work on rats.Dem rats are particularly receptive.
To: fightinJAG
Well he certainly wouldn't put an end to MY stress! I ask you, what did he do for the people of Florida? What kind of governor was he, all those years? Terrible! And twelve years should be enough for one family. I say we stay out of the Bushes! They --
To: fightinJAG
a single jab that would help us relax without slowing downJust one "jab" - which I suppose makes more sense that "shot" - and you're focused and calm the rest of your life?
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posted on
08/02/2010 4:57:32 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Steampunk Baby and the Quest for Bill's iPod - now on DVD!)
To: LostInBayport
sure, back in 1984... things have changed since then
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posted on
08/02/2010 5:04:27 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: MrPiper
Benjsamin Franklin, from what I heard heard said something like, “Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.”
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posted on
08/02/2010 5:07:44 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Love of God, Family and Country has made me an extremist.)
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