Her main character is an eccentric archeologist and, in her first book at least, Griffiths crafts scenes of heart-stopping fright.
"The turning point for topical Nsaids was the fright over heart problems with Vioxx," Dr. Moore said.
But there had to be a flood of complaints after the death of Alberta Spruill, the city employee who died of a heart attack -- and fright -- when the police mistakenly raided her Harlem apartment, and deployed a stun grenade.
While the riders' heart rates indicated stage fright in the live performance, the horses showed about the same levels of stress in both situations.
Fright affects heart and liver.
Dr. Leon tells him that his sister had died of massive heart failure, literally "dying of fright".
In that speech, videotaped by Mr. Shaikh, the leader said in a mixture of English and Arabic (a language the defendant did not understand) that "exclaiming God is great puts fright in their hearts, man; it freaks them out".
The lone apparent casualty was a man recovering from a heart operation who died -- possibly of fright -- in the town of Huetamo, 100 miles northeast of Lazaro Cardenas, civil defense officials said.
Fright wigs, frightening women and frightful acting.
Panthers cornerback Darius Butler had a different kind of fright last weekend when his infant daughter underwent heart surgery, but he has returned to the team after the surgery was successful.
Doctors say that "in extreme circumstances, you can even be 'scared to death,'" where "a terrible fright can result in a massive surge of adrenaline that stuns the heart so badly it stops beating".
