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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2013
OPINION
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about video games
OFF To JOIN THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
The ministry of back scratching
As soon as I asked
Life MATTERS
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activities and sports. I’m into our carriage to go to
wondering if there are any the reception! For some rea-
guidelines about how much son, his family is obsessed
time we should allow him to with using things that float
play video games, and if we away — birds, butterflies,
should be worrying about balloons — and I say no.
him becoming a violence- How can I deal with his
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OPAL-------o-------o—; And I’m not sure I’m there yet.
and dispensing wise words of counsel, Maybe I’d better just stick to
I had added the art of back scratching scratching backs.
--------- wide inflam- and family members you in- DNA from the ravages of
Doctors mation — an- teract with regularly. No. 3: stress, too.
other ticker Get up and move every day. No. 4: Make time for med-
Oz. & Roizen threat. Stress Regular activity is as effec- itation, yoga or simply being
also erodes live as antidepressants for quiet. Focusing on one thing
the caps on the the mild to moderate depres- (your breathing, a special
ends of every sion that stress can trigger, word, how your body feels
strand of DNA It also releases nerve growth in Downward-Facing Dog)
in your body, factors that protect a brain slows the nervous system,
and that can region called the hippocam- You’ll feel more in control,
shorten your pus from stress-induced less distressed — and you
life by more shrinkage. That's important, get that deep-down ah-
than 10 years! because the hippocampus is hhh! feeling of serenity. That
Mighty so- part of a system in the brain eases blood pressure and
„ u bering. So is that helps you have a calm slows your heart rate, giving
Michael Roizen MD the news that response to stress. Exercise your hardworking ticker the
andM-hmet Oz MD up to 80 per- shields the caps on your break it deserves.
cent of doctor
visits are for
stressed-out
too often raises
your risk for
deadly ticker
trouble by a
whopping 27
percent. That
makes chronic
tension as
dangerous as
smoking about
two packs of
cigarettes a
week or having
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Highs in the
prone loner. — C.M. mother on this? It’s upset- the question, I asked
Dear C.M.: Much more ting. — M.T. myself why I had asked
research undoubtedly will Dear M.T.: Wedding the question. Even as
center on video games in plans always seem to bring I was mouthing the
coming years, given the fo- out the worst in families, words, the stodgy side
cus on the gaming industry just when you need every- of me whispered to the
after tragedies like the re- thing to run smoothly and daring side, “What do
cent shootings in Connecti- hope for a happy start to you think you’re do- ___________________________
cut. Some studies have al- your marriage, relatives ing?” you do at work today?” a member of the International Forum
ready pointed to a troubling included. It is important She has been a resi- “Oh, let me see, I for the Study of Itch (It does exist, I
outcome for children who for you to listen politely to dent in the long term care facility for worked on my sermon, counseled a looked it up, and I’m itching to become
spend excessive amounts of the ideas that your fiance’s several years and given her advanced young couple, had a planning meet- a member) observed, “It was interest-
time playing violent video mother brings to the table age, this will likely be her home until ing, read a couple of journal articles, ing that the ankle was the itchiest site
games and cut off ties with before you reject them out she dies. It doesn't take much for me and by the way, scratched someone’s and that the most pleasure came from
friends who might have of hand. Your fiance should to illicit a smile from her, most any back— my definitive accomplish- scratching it because the back has
more diverse interests. The be willing to do most of the caring words will do: “You look nice ment for the day." been well-known as a preferred site
role of an individual’s men- negotiating, because he’s today.” “I love that smile.” “You’re in a It’s a fact: Our backs itch in response for scratching.”
tal and emotional health ob- had a lot of years of know- happy mood.” to stimuli, like clothing, dust, hair— Now, what am I going to do if I no-
viously is important in how ing what to say and do that And her grin embraces the entire or a bug. Our first natural response tice some poor souls trying unsuccess-
the games might influence will avoid a family feud. You room, her world, is to scratch the spot of the itch with fully to scratch their ankles? Unlike
him, but from what you have don’t need the family blam- That day, I was about to make my our fingernails. “The reason for this the back, ankles are often uncovered,
to say about your son, he ing you for ideas that get exit when I noticed she kept squirm- response is simple — we want to re- Before scratching, they would need to
sounds quite well-adjusted tossed on the scrap heap. ing in her chair as if she were trying to move the irritant as soon as possible,” be cleaned. That would of course en-
and not very susceptible to It’s a time that should scratch her back. “Is something wrong according to the website, health.how- tail washing someone’s feet.
games taking over his life. be fun for you and your ft- with your back?” I queried. stuffworks.com But for that I wouldn’t get to wear
A recent small survey ance. Why not just tell ev- “It itches,” she declared. That helps me understand my role the prestigious doctor’s white coat,
of gamers by researchers eryone that your exit from And that’s when the words quite a little better: I’m not merely a back spotless and starched, emblazoned
at Penn State University the church will be a sur- involuntarily slipped out: “Would you scratcher; I’m practically a physical with my name and title. It might get
found that the average per- prise, and make up your like me to scratch your back?” therapist, alleviating pain in people wet and soiled. No, for foot washing
son played about 20 hours a own lists of ways to mark As a pastor, I’ve sat up all night with who can’t help themselves. As I left I would likely need to wrap a towel
week. Those who organized your exit? (Check with the people as death waited at the door, her room, I held my head high, for around my waist and lower myself,
their lives around gaming venue first.) You can look gone to the grocery store for needy after all, I was on a higher plane: 1 getting on my knees, bending down,
tended to play more than online for all the bad ideas people, helped a farmer cut tobacco should don a white coat, one like the washing and drying feet in a basin of
100 hours. The research- (birdseed seems to be par- (I was practically worthless to him), physicians wear with my name em- water, 1 suppose.
ers reported in the journal ticularly disliked by brides and eaten meals, the content of which, broidered on it: Dr. Whitlock, Itch That’s almost too much like what
Society and Leisure that who have it caught in then in some cases, 1 didn't know and was Therapist. Someone I know did a couple of thou-
those who played multi- hair) and come up with afraid to ask. (I did once ask, “What I would tell my wife that in addition sand years ago.
player games as a way to re- your own. Sparklers are was in that dish?" and discovered I to thinking deep theological thoughts
inforce social relationships pretty for adults, and bells - 4 - 1 4 .........
ties were more susceptible but to decide that it’s your
to negative effects on their day and you two should
friendships and social ac- have it your way. If they still
tivities. * * * object, blame it on the wed-
Dear Dr. Brothers: My fi- ding planner!
scratched a back. therapy to my repertoire of pastoral
Never. activities.
She leaned forward, And then I read something quite
“Please...” distressing.
Dr. David what was I to do? According to a study at the Wake
I imagined what I Forest University School of Medicine,
Whitlock would say when I ar- the ankle has overtaken the back as
rived home and my the most satisfying spot to scratch.
-=-=------ wife asked, “What did Indeed, Professor Francis McGlone,
non ance and I are
Ask L . Brothers at an impasse
----T T about part of
\ Dr. Joyce our wedding
1 plans. All
1 Brothers the big stuff
is done, and
we’ve agreed
on the hall,
the vows, the
flowers, ca-
Dear
Dr. Broth-
ers: I have a
14-year-old
son who is
into video
games, and
until the
recent trag-
edies I didn’t
worry much
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a 50-point spike in your LDL signs of stress-related health [
(lousy) cholesterol level! problems, yet does offer
That’s the bottom line stress-reducing solutions
from a powerful new review just 2 percent of the time,
of six heart-stress studies That means it’s up to you
involving nearly 120,000 to take the lead by adopting
women and men. The re- these techniques that boost
suits are so dramatic that we resilience and dial down
think they shouldn’t be over- stress:
looked by anyone who feels No. 1: Face your fears
too tense, too often. That and find solutions. Take a
includes you if you’re among look at the tension-boosting
the one in four Americans problems in your life. Deter-
who say they’re living with mine which ones you have
extreme stress or if you’re the power to improve. Pick
among the 39 percent who one and start making small
confess that their stress level changes. “Realistic opti-
has risen in the past couple mism” is a stress-reducing,
of years. What’s so damag- resilience-enhancing skill
ing about stress? Plenty. It practiced by people, such as
stimulates the release of ad- Navy SEALS, who thrive in
renal hormones that cause high-stress situations. So is
high blood pressure and flexible thinking; so if one
elevated blood sugar. That solution doesn’t work, try
encourages overeating and another.
deposits of risky belly fat. Even if you can’t eliminate
When that happens, you end a big stressor — like a chron-
up with plaque deposits clog- ic illness or divorce — look
ging your arteries, making for other ways to gain con-
you vulnerable to heart at- trol of your life and stress by
tack, stroke, impotence and carving out time for things
wrinkles, and decreasing that are important to you
your ability to fight off can- (like No. 2 and No. 3, be-
cer and infections. And even low). Or create a “me space”
if you avoid weight gain and in your home where you
keep exercising, you can’t can relax with a hobby that
avoid chronic stress’s dam- lets you experience “flow,”
age: It flips switches on your a deep focus that helps you
genes that boost levels of a temporarily forget about ev-
brain chemical called neuro- eryday cares. No. 2: Invest in
peptide Y. That encourages your social network. Make
storage of fat deep in your time to talk with friends or
abdomen, where it raises get away for an afternoon
your risk for diabetes, heart of fun — museum-hopping,
disease and some forms of fishing or whatever floats
cancer, and sparks release your boat! Put together a
of proteins that boost body- group of supportive friends
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