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YOU BE THE JUDGE

A Slippery Slope

n the fall of 1989, Patricia Vodopest read an article in magazine titled “Breathe Like a Sherpa at High Altitudes” by Rosemary MacGregor. The article described a recent trek to Mount Everest where MacGregor — a nurse and stress-management/ biofeedback therapist — conducted a preliminary study to test whether a special breathing technique was effective in alleviating high-altitude

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