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Why You Don’t Want to Get Sick on a Saturday TIME.com

WEBA study published this week documented a weekend effect in stroke patients in New Jersey hospitals: the chances of dying within 90 days of the stroke was 17.2% …

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Teens and Mental Illness: They're Not Overmedicated After All

WEBHere’s a bit of news that may come as a surprise: the National Institute of Mental Health, analyzing survey data from more than 10,000 13- to 18-year-olds, has …

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Dr. Oz: How Faith and Health Go Hand in Hand TIME.com

WEBOz is a surgeon and professor and the host of The Dr. Oz Show. The views expressed are solely his own. Rick Warren changed my world view within an hour of my …

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Is Racism An Illness

WEBIs racism an illness? Psychiatrists and psychologists are debating the issue. The forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders, due for publication in …

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Shannon Brownlee: Can We Shop Around for Medical Services

WEBI have an early-onset type of cataract, and my vision has gotten so bad I’m ready for surgery. As a patient, I’m not too happy about being in this situation, but as a …

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On Pregnancy, Doctor Doesn’t Always Know Best TIME.com

WEBHowever, in a 2009 survey, 71% of obstetricians said they would recommend bed rest for women at risk of preterm labor. In fact, more than a quarter of …

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Singing Changes Your Brain TIME.com

WEBSinging Changes Your Brain. When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those …

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Hadley Heath TIME.com

WEBHadley Heath is a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum specializing in health care, entitlements, economics, and fiscal policy.

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Steve Jobs and the Lure of Alternative Healing

WEBSteve Jobs’ decision to treat his pancreatic cancer with a vegan diet, herbs, juices and acupuncture rather than the surgery his doctors urged, is being debated …

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The Latest Trend: Blaming Brain Science TIME.com

WEBIs understanding human behavior as being driven, at least in part, by neurobiology, tantamount to “blaming the brain”? Does talk about genes, and brain …

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If Obesity Is a Disease, Why Are So Many Obese People Healthy

WEBIn other words, it is not just that BMI is a poor measure of obesity but that obesity is a poor predictor of health. Some hope that designating obesity as a disease …

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The Denial of Mental Illness is Alive and Well

WEBPsychiatry, Szasz said in books like The Myth of Mental Illness and Ideology and Insanity, was a “pseudomedical form of control.”. “There can be no such thing as …

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It’s Not Just Sexism, Women Do Suffer More From Mental Illness

WEBPersonal Responsibility) What we do know is that social stresses make people vulnerable to mental illness, and research indicates that women’s roles may be …

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When Patients — Not Doctors — Make Medical Mistakes

WEBBrownlee, author of Overtreated, is acting director of the New America Foundation’s Health Policy Program. The views expressed are solely her own. …

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Adam Cohen: Why Genetic Discrimination Is Illegal TIME.com

WEBGINA, as it is known, makes it illegal for employers to fire or refuse to hire workers based on their “genetic information” — including genetic tests and family history …

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Women Should Pay More for Health Care TIME.com

WEBWomen Should Pay More for Health Care. The Obama Administration is about to spend $684 million on a public relations and enrollment campaign to persuade …

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How to Reduce Crime: Treat It Like an Infectious Disease

WEBWe have already seen a 100 percent reduction in homicides there this year. Based on data from the Chicago Police Department from January to April 2013, there …

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Why The Supreme Court Should Uphold the Health Care Law 9-0

WEBThe Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a high-stakes challenge to President Obama’s health care law. The court will consider complex constitutional …

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Are Blacks Predisposed to Be Less Healthy Than Whites

WEBA recently released study suggests that one’s race might influence one’s ability to prevent obesity. According to the June issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and …

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Cory Booker and the Upside of Out TIME.com

WEBEduardo Munoz / Reuters . Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker speaks to the media after casting his ballot during the Senate primary election in …

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The Freelancer’s Hustle TIME.com

WEBThe opening pages of Choire Sicha’s Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City, released Tuesday, paint an …

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