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Bad for you 30 Aug 2005 15:13

Asthmatics: don't get emotional

American scientists have been torturing asthmatics in order to prove that their condition can be brought on by emotions.

Rather than stabbing them or killing their pets, the University of Wisconsin-Madison team asked six (count 'em) volunteers to inhale asthma triggers like dust while reading certain words.

Red-heads should probably avoid reading psychology textbooks in fields on hot summer days.

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