Article: Stress brings curse of the vacation cold Extra work, less sleep prior to trip wears on body's immune system

Only three days before the big vacation. And there you sit, clutching a travel guide in one cold, clammy hand and a jar of Vicks Vaporub in the other.

You are on the verge of becoming a sneezing, lung-hacking sickbed specimen. And, you believe you are cursed.

How is it that the body so often ignores the best-laid travel itineraries and decides to break down on the eve of embarkation? It all boils down to one simple word: stress. You may think you are ready for vacation. You've put in overtime at the office to make up, in advance, for your two-week absence. All the preparations have been made: crazed power-shopping for

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