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Health: The Biology of Joy

WebHealth: The Biology of Joy. Scientists know plenty about depression. Now they are starting to understand the roots of positive emotion. Richard Davidson was in a …

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Atul Gawande on 'Checklist Manifesto,' Helping Doctors

WebIt's as simple as an old-fashioned checklist, like those used by pilots, restaurateurs and construction engineers. When his research team introduced one in …

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My Patients Are Not Customers

WebBut what's so repulsive about line-up is what they call the sick people in those rooms — the people on their backs with tubes in their noses, broken bones, cancers, …

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First Lady Rosalynn Carter on America's Mental Health Crisis

WebFor nearly 40 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been a passionate advocate for improving the mental-health system, and ending the stigma that …

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Exercise Lifts Mood, but Does It Work Against Depression

WebThat physical activity is crucial to good health — both mental and physical — is nothing new. As early as the 1970s and '80s, observational studies showed that …

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Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving

WebFollow @TIME. Modern Homo sapiens is still evolving. Despite the long-held view that natural selection has ceased to affect humans because almost everybody now …

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THE DISTURBING CASE OF THE CURE THAT KILLED THE PATIENT

WebThe cause was a huge overdose of a powerful anticancer drug accidentally administered by the hospital's staff. Lehman's case is just one of a spate of medical foul …

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Lowering Your Own Blood Pressure

WebAt the end of a year, twice as many people in the home-care-only group lowered their blood pressure to under 140/90 mmHg (the clinical cut-off for high blood …

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Doctors Versus Midwives: The Birth Wars Rage On

WebWhen hospital-based obstetricians see midwives and their clients it's usually because something has gone wrong and the laboring mother is rushed in for care. OBs …

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The Value of a Human Life: $129,000

WebMore simply, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must guarantee one year of "quality life" for $50,000 or less. New research, …

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A Brief History of Medical Marijuana

WebAs early as 2737 B.C., the mystical Emperor Shen Neng of China was prescribing marijuana tea for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, malaria and, oddly …

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Why ER Doctors Test for Drugs Without Patient Consent

WebThe downsides of emergency-department drug screens become even more apparent when we consider that the benefits of ordering the test are often unclear. Take …

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Paleo Diet: 'New Evolution Diet' Author De Vany on Food and …

WebBut that's not entirely our fault, claims Arthur De Vany, a former economics professor at the University of California, Irvine. In his new book, The New Evolution Diet, …

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A Brief History of Medical Tourism

WebThe medical tourism industry has experienced massive growth over the past decade. Experts in the field say as many as 150,000 U.S. citizens underwent medical …

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How Sick Was J.F.K.

WebKennedy's bad back was harder to deny, especially after near-fatal back surgery in 1954, when he was a Senator too much in the public eye to disappear for the …

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Mental Illness on Rise

WebEven the slightest touch or movement can create immense suffering." (See "The Year in Medicine: From A to Z.") Borderlines are the patients psychologists fear …

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Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

WebCorrections Appended: February 26 and March 12, 2013. 1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills. When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last …

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Tiger Woods, Sex Rehab: How Clinics like Pine Grove Work

WebOn Jan. 16, after weeks of sordid allegations regarding the star golfer's extramarital affairs, RadarOnline.com reported that Woods had enrolled in the Gentle …

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Height and Happiness: Why Tall People Are Happier

WebThe study found that taller people tend to have more education, and thus higher income levels, than shorter people. It follows that the smarter, richer tall people …

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