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    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.
Four chimps were protected
from a low dose of HIV given a
month after the last booster shot,
while an unvaccinated chimp be
came infected.
Three of the vaccinated ani
mals were also protected from a
high HIV dose given 50 weeks af
ter the last booster.
The strategy of priming the im
mune system against HTV with a
virus-based vaccine and then giv
ing boosters is already being test
ed in people. Results suggest it is
safe and that it provokes a promis
ing degree of immune response,
but whether it will protect people
against HTV is net known.
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Preshow concert at 7:30 by
Connie Cohen.
Portland singer
and songwriter.
May 28, 29 and June 7
Ticket information call.
University Theatre Box Office,
(541) 346 4191
or EMU Ticket Office 346 4363
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ARENA THEATRE
VILEARD HALE
MAY 28, 29, 30, 31,
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