March 1998

  • A chat with Judith Martin about etiquette.

  • A psychiatrist's experiences with a guru and his miracles: How does spirituality interact with modern psychology?

  • Black and green tea may contain caffeine, but the real boost comes from their powerful anti-cancer properties.

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Brain boosters

Takeoffs take teamwork

Help for hypochondriacs

More Java, Better Boss?

Can that extra cup of coffee help you manage your company?

This is the time to remember

Crimes of the soul

Licorice root

The female advantage

Who Says Pills Kill Sexual Thrills?

Women may benefit from use of antidepressants sexually.

Stinging nettle

Not Married and Not Interested

Camomile

Trapped in the Web

Real soybeans

'Mom, when's our lunch hour?'

Recovery with a catch

Soak Away Stress

Crank up the hot tub and hop in.

Gluten for punishment

Cold Pressed But Not Depressed

The dangers of cutting fat.

Tea Service

The cancer-preventive qualities of tea.

Magnetic Psychiatry

Http://www.Aieeeee.com

Provides information on the hotline and Web site of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH).

The New Food Anxiety

The busy-brain blues

The Arthritis Cure: Is It For Real?

A natural supplement that relieves the pain of arthritis.

The flip side of disaster

Messing with mother (nature)

Dicusses moral and ethical aspects of genetic engineering or cloning as applied to human beings.

Eating Cure

Find out how to ditch food phobias.

Reality goes under the knife

And the winner is... Wall Street

B12 isn't a shot in the dark

Feverfew

Anatomy of a Violent Relationship

Some batterers are like pit bulls, other like cobras.

The Incredible Shrinking God

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung presented themselves as scientists—but functioned as gurus.

Polite Company

A chat with Judith Martin about etiquette.

Honey, Let's Get Divorced

Kids are especially blindsided when divorce occurs in low-conflict marriages.

Holy madness in healing

A psychiatrist's experiences with a guru and his miracles.

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