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May 2003
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The actress feels strongly about a lot of things, and she's willing to make herself heard—and to meet with a fair amount of rancor.
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Successful corporate executives may be more vulnerable to depression than the general population. The very factors that helped them reach the top might end up dragging them down.
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Giving locked-in patients the ability to 'voice' their thoughts by using computer commands and brain waves.
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Is Washington terrorizing us more than Al Qaeda?
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One woman battles trichotillomania, the urge to pull out her own hair. Up to 11 million Americans wrestle daily with an overwhelming urge to pluck hair from their own bodies. Here, one woman describes her never-ceasing struggle with this impulse-control disorder.
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Mood Swing: How feelings help and hurt
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Preventing Teen Suicide
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Sleeping Together Doesn't Hurt
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Hair Pulling: A Baffling Disorder
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The Downfall of the Downstairs Commute
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The Price of Success
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How We Perceive Self-Deception
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Why Girls are Bored with Math
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Digital Revolution: Detecting brain disorders in a flash
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The Honest Coffee Cup: Labeling objects with human traits
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Mind and Sun: Shedding Light on Suicide and Schizophrenia
by Anna Schneider-Mayerson
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by Jason Williams
Asthma: Saving Children from Smoke
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Stuck with the Old Meds?
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The Migraine-Depression Connection
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Peer Pressure and Teen Sex
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Dear Mother: Facing the Loss of a Parent
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