11. doctors like, however, to
point to the example of us cycling professional lance armstrong, who was
seriously ill with cancer, but whose unshakeable optimism helped him to take
the top trophy twice at cycling's premier tour de france.
12. the magazine also quoted a
study by sheldon cohens of the carnegie-mellon-university in pittsburgh: 420
volunteers were deliberately infected with strains of various common cold
viruses. a day later checks were carried out to see who had caught a cold.
13. the results showed that in
the case of people who had satisfactory, long-term relations with friends,
neighbors or colleagues, the virus was less likely to trigger a cold. of people
with three or fewer firm relationships 62 percent became ill compared with only
35 percent of those who had six or more close human links.