Archive for November 30th, 2004

Stress Will Make You Grow Older Faster

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Dad reports:

Stress Will Make You Grow Older Faster

Although the findings by researchers from the University of California at San Francisco are somewhat technically complicated, in short, they found that stress causes pieces of DNA cells called telomeres to divide faster, which results in premature biological aging.

So who do you sample for such research?

…researchers looked at 58 mothers. Among those, 39 had a chronically ill child that required intense care giving. The remaining 19 mothers had healthy children and made up the study’s control group.

And cutting to the chase…

According to the research team, prolonged stress can add 10 or more years to the biological age of cells.

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Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Dad reports this morning:
Around dinner I remembered to ask Tommy how he would like to be woken in the morning. He said, “I dunno.” So I replied that I have to keep using the methods I’ve been using. I suggested misting water on him and he opposed. He said, “What about my alarm clock?” Mom and I both chimed in that in the past it hasn’t worked and just wakes everyone else. But I agreed to try this once. I told him to set the alarm for 6;30; he set it for 5:30. I asked why and he said, “so I can get up and have a really big breakfast!” We corrected it to 6:30.

Apparently he forgot to actually turn it on. I woke him for his medicine 30 minutes later than I normally do and told him to get out of bed. I immediately removed his covers. 15 minutes later I squirted him with water and he got angry but did not get up. 12 minutes after that I squirted him again and explained his bus would be here in 2 minutes. He got angry and grumbled “I’m hungry!” The snapped at me “I’ve asked for lunch money for 3 days and still haven’t gotten it.” (n.b. he has been given cash rather than a check)

Seems like a rough start.

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