The results , published in an online edition of the journal science translational medicine , showed that massage dampened the effect of cytokines - immune system signalling molecules which contribute to inflammation .
The rigidity of the new model is one factor that has dampened returns over the years , thinks simon lack , an investment consultant and a vocal hedge-fund sceptic .
But dampened demand for african exports last year , together with the shrinking of many venture-capital funds , has now hit the continent hard after a long period of unusually perky growth .
Higher interest rates were influencing money and credit data watched closely by the ecb as longer term inflation indicators , " although they have not , as yet , significantly dampened the overall strength of these dynamics " .
Until gordon brown took over and dampened reform , it was starting to have an impact : according to research by the london school of economics into post-operative heart care , giving patients choice led to productivity increases that saved around 300 lives a year .