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Putting the app in therapy
Your smartphone: It's not just for texting, tweeting, waging war against little green pigs and — oh, right — calling people. It's also for making yourself a happier, less stressed-out, more self-aware person. Really, there's an app for that....
Tags: Social Sciences, Health and Medical Professionals, Arts and Culture, Health Treatments, Psychotherapy
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Apps may help, but couch those expectations
"We obviously believe that this technology is nothing short of life-changing," boosts Ran Zilca, chief scientist of bLife, a Los Angeles-based company that markets the Live Happy app. But is there really any evidence that using a mood app helps? There...
Tags: Social Sciences, Health and Medical Professionals, Arts and Culture, Psychotherapy, Culture
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Children's Hospitals
In photographs, Megan Webber’s 5-year-old son Benjamin had a white glow on one eye where other people have that little red dot. It didn’t seem important at first, then her sister remembered seeing a TV show about the glow and eye disease....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, Oncology, Mattel Inc., Medical Specialization
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Rick Santorum wants to be God's chosen one in South Carolina
Reporting from Florence, S.C. -- In the race to be the most sincere Christian candidate for president, Rick Santorum looks like the front-runner.
Out on the edge of town here Sunday afternoon, out among the big box stores and strip malls, at a family...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Religion and Belief, Jesus Christ, Christianity
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Dutch scientist accused of falsifying data
Social psychologist Diederik Stapel made a name for himself by pushing his field into new territory. His research papers appeared to demonstrate that exposure to litter and graffiti makes people more likely to commit small crimes and that being in a messy...Tags: Bernard Madoff, Religion and Belief, Corporate Crime, Philosophy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mexico teen prodigy is a psychologist at 17
World NowThe director of child psychology at the Center for the Attention to Talent is a child himself: 17-year-old Andrew Almazan, a prodigy who was reading Shakespeare and Cervantes at age 6.... -
South African cab driver reportedly escapes road rage charges
World NowCCTV cameras captured a road rage incident in which a South African commuter minibus driver attacks a pedestrian. But charges against the alleged driver reportedly were dropped Wednesday for lack of evidence.... -
My Turn: Oh, the ho-ho-horror
Dear Parents,
It's that time of year when you are probably gearing up to torture your offspring with the ever-so-necessary trip to see Santa Claus. Well, take a look at this picture and heed this advice: Don't do it! At the very least, think twice.
My...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Amusement and Theme Parks, Santa Claus (fictional character), University of California, Irvine
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Book Review: 'Millennium People' by J.G. Ballard
Los Angeles Times Book CriticWhen J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Rebellions, Human Interest, England, Terrorism
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For kids with OCD, adding therapy to drugs helps
Children plagued by the repetitive behaviors, irrational fears and intrusive thoughts of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder often get some relief from widely prescribed antidepressants. But when they also get a form of psychotherapy that teaches them different...Tags: Social Sciences, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research
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In this assault case, the puzzle pieces don't fit
Second of two parts | Read Part 1
In his single-bunk cell in the Ventura County Jail, on a concrete slab desk, Louis Gonzalez III found himself compulsively writing letters to his 5-year-old son. They were a chronicle of their truncated time together....Tags: Prosecution, Los Angeles International Airport, Sex Crimes, Laws, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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