MONDAY’S TOPIC: Health & Science Just relax, health experts say ■ FINALS: A healthy diet, exercise and relaxation techniques can all help ease end-of-the-year stress By Amy Palanuk Higher Education Reporter Two papers, ten pages each, and two days to get them done. It’s dead week, the prelude to the much abhorred finals week, which means it’s stress time. While the midnight pizza or the quick six pack may make the strains of stress go away, they do not aid in keeping the body healthy for prolonged periods. Health experts agree taking care of yourself and leading a healthy lifestyle are among of the most important factors in tackling stress and keeping healthy. The obvious factors to consider when monitoring stress are drink ing and smoking habits, accord ing to the Public Health Service. Cigarette smoking, while creating a brief sense of stress relief, is not a practical way of relaxing. Drink ing habits also can affect die stress level and quickly change moods and behavior, experts say. Experts also say eating sensibly RELAXATION TIPS ■ SENSIBLE EATING: Cut down j on fat, sugar and salt to keep the mind alert ■ EXERCISE: Even as little as 15 ! to 20 minutes of vigorous exer cise three times a week can help you sleep better ■ AROMATHERAPY: Scented oils and lotions can alleviate tense ii muscles and relaxes the senses ■ MUSIC: Listening to calming music can calm the nerves and distract the mind from difficult as- I signments can help those long nights of studying turn into something pos itive. Good eating habits, such as holding down the amount of fat (especially saturated fat), choles terol, sugar and salt in your diet, can help keep the mind alert and the body feeling good. Exercise, while hard to fit in be tween finals and papers, provides benefits that go beyond relieving stress. Usually, as little as 15-30 minutes of vigorous exercise three times a week will help you have a healthier heart, eliminate excess weight and sleep better, according to the Public Health Service. But there are also other easy, quick ways to relieve those hectic moments. Experts also agree that for an easy pick-me-up, aromatherapy can help alleviate tense muscles and relax the senses. Massages and lotions can also relax the tense body, helping the mind work. Relaxation exercises, such as simply observing your breath, concentrating for three minutes on the rhythm and cycles of in haling and exhaling, will help regulate blood pressure and circu lation, say doctors. Other simple activities such as putting in a relaxing CD and grooving to the tunes will help calm nerves and distract the mind from difficult assignments, doc tors say. But whatever you choose, most experts agree relieving stress starts with a deep breath. So while the homework piles up and the coffee begins to call your name, remind yourself to simply relax, take a deep breath and visu alize summer break. AIDS vaccine protects chimps from HIV ■ VIRUS: Scientists warn the results may not be applicable to humans due to the strain of HIV used By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — Chimps got last ing protection against AIDS vims infection after they were given a combination of two experimental vaccines, researchers report. Three chimps resisted infection when they were injected with HIV about a year after their last booster shot. “I think it’s an important early step toward the goal of a vaccine,” said Marjorie Robert-Guroff of the National Cancer Institute, one of the study’s authors. But scientists unconnected with the work cautioned that the animals were exposed to an HIV strain that’s relatively easy to block in chimps. So it’s hard to tell what the protection means for the prospects of an AIDS vaccine £(I think it’s an important early step toward the goal of a vaccine. Marjorie Robert-Guroff National Cancer Institute in people, said one scientist, John Moore of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York. Robert-Guroff said scientists used a high dose of HIV because of the strain involved. Previous studies in chimps also have shown protection against HIV, using other vaccine strate gies. The new work is reported in the June issue of the journal Na ture Medicine. For the initial vaccine, re searchers put some HIV genes into a virus called an adenovirus. That made the adenovirus pro duce an HIV protein, in order to prime the chimps’ immune sys terns to attack HIV. The booster shots, which didn’t involve a virus, contained a dif ferent HIV protein. Chimps got one, two or three adenovirus inoculations over 24 weeks. Then they got one or two booster shots in the next 24 weeks. 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