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Why zebras don't get ulcers

Explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and memory loss
eBook, English, 2004
Third edition View all formats and editions
Times Books, New York, 2004
1 online resource (xv, 539 pages) : illustrations
9781429935654, 1429935650
1052665139
1. Why don't zebras get ulcers?
2. Glands, gooseflesh, and hormones
3. Stroke, heart attacks, and voodoo death
4. Stress, metabolism, and liquidating your assets
5. Ulcers, the runs, and hot fudge sundaes
6. Dwarfism and the importance of mothers
7. Sex and reproduction
8. Immunity, stress, and disease
9. Stress and pain
10. Stress and memory
11. Stress and a good night's sleep
12. Aging and death
13. Why is psychological stress stressful?
14. Stress and depression
15. Personality, temperament, and their stress-related consequences
16. Junkies, adrenaline junkies, and pleasure
17. The view from the bottom
18. Managing stress
"An Owl Book."
"1st Owl Books ed."--Title page verso
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