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- <text id=92TT2199>
- <title>
- Oct. 05, 1992: Health:Et Cetera
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Oct. 05, 1992 LYING:Everybody's Doin' It (Honest)
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 25
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Et Cetera
- </hdr><body>
- <p> WHY TO BAN BIRTHDAYS
- </p>
- <p> For those who missed the latest issue of Psychosomatic
- Medicine, a finding that is odd but demonstrably true: men run
- the greatest risk of dying shortly before their birthday, while
- women tend to die in the week just after. The biological reason
- is unclear, but speculation is focusing on the possible
- connection between mental state and physical health -- and no
- wonder, since the study was done in California. The increased
- risk is small enough that no one should worry, say the experts
- -- but to be safe, don't schedule major elective surgery for
- that time of year.
- </p>
-
- </body></article>
- </text>
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