Managing, the mind and body: aggressive intervention gives employers a way to boost productivity among at-risk workers.
When it comes to workplace productivity and employee well-being, employers who ignore the mind-body relationship do so at their own peril. Consider these findings: * Workers with stressful jobs are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to the British Medical Journal. ...

The Light: How Stress Poisons the Central Nervous System and Causes ADHD, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, Autoimmune Response and More.
THE LIGHT: How Stress Poisons the Central Nervous System and Causes ADHD, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, Autoimmune Response and More by Ruth Whalen. www.lulu.com: Lulu Enterprises, 2007. 196 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 9781430329916. This book is a unique opening into the world of patients who have suffered from central...

The lull before the storm: adult children who kill their parents.
This study is the fourth article in a series of articles devoted to understanding red-collar criminals. The first study, "Fraud Detection Homicide: A Proposed FBI Criminal Classification" (Perri & Lichtenwald, 2007), advanced the proposition that there is a sub-group of white-collar criminals who are capable of vicious and brutal...

Stop the madness: can a mix of therapy and medication stave off psychosis among teens at risk?
Camila Knudsen (not her real name) doesn't like to recall how her world began changing when she was 14. Background sounds in her suburban neighborhood --lawn mowers, planes, barking dogs--intermingled in a deafening buzz. The cacophony made it hard for her to hear what people were saying or to...

Genesis Club raises funds at Falmouth.
Byline: John Conceison COLUMN: RUNNING Like with any challenging running event, one can never prepare enough. That may be especially true for the Falmouth Road Race, where more than 10,000 participants are expected for its 36th running two weeks from today. For Kevin...

Beacon Hill Roll Call.
Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, reports local senators' roll call attendance records for the 2008 session through Aug. 29. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. The Senate held 286 roll call votes. Beacon Hill Roll Call...

SUPPORT GROUPS.
Byline: The Register-Guard AL-ANON and ALATEEN - 741-2841 or www.ola-is.org for meeting schedule. Alcoholics Anonymous - 342-4113 or http://aaevi.org for meeting schedule. Alzheimer's support group - 1 p.m., first and third Mondays, United Lutheran Church, 2230 Washington St. 683-3618. Better Breathers...

Examining the link between drinking-driving and depressed mood.
BOTH ALCOHOL AND DEPRESSED MOOD exert deleterious effects on psychomotor performance. Numerous studies have identified the strong impact of alcohol on the skills needed for safe driving and on collision risk (e.g., Borkenstein et al., 1964; Mann et al., 2001). Depression also has important adverse effects on psychomotor performance,...

Narcan stance endangers lives.
Byline: Robert Z. NEMETH COLUMN: ROBERT Z. NEMETH Caring and compassion for people in need is the hallmark of a progressive community. Unfortunately, Worcester has not always measured up to that standard. The City Council steadfastly rejected needle exchange despite overwhelming evidence that it saves...

A civil rights milestone.
Byline: The Register-Guard Though it was overshadowed by the anxiety over an economic meltdown and the pyrotechnics of a contentious presidential campaign, Sept. 25, 2008, will nonetheless go down in history as a day of monumental significance for millions of Americans with disabilities. With his...