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Hoarding, hand-washing and obsessive checking: Which of these is not like the others?
People with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often shake their family tree and find a relative who has also contended with obsessive thoughts, hoarding, repetitive hand-washing, behavior in which locks and stove burners are checked over...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology
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At 102, therapist is too busy to stop working
Lately I've been wading into streams of mail from readers approaching death. Some are fighting it, some are afraid, some are ready to go.
And then I heard from two readers with an update on Hedda Bolgar. I wrote about the Brentwood therapist three...Tags: Health Treatments, Documentary (genre), Doris Lessing, Human Interest, Psychotherapy
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Goldberg: Free healthcare? That's rich
"It's not about contraception," thundered GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum. "It's about economic liberty. It's about freedom of speech. It's about freedom of religion. It's about government control of your lives. And it's got to stop!"
He was...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Kathleen Sebelius, Companies and Corporations, Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage
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Daum: Zygotes on a slippery slope
When I first heard about Personhood USA, I got it confused with Up with People, the organization best known for song-and-dance troupes that go around the world singing songs like "Which Way America?" and "What Color Is God's Skin?" When I realized it...Tags: In Vitro Fertilization, Crimes, Minority Groups, Birth Control, Abortion Issue
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Shift work: Good for your pocketbook, bad for your health
These days, it's just good to have a job. But remaining gainfully employed can take a toll on health, especially if your work has you up at odd hours and sleeping irregularly. Shift work, say two studies out this week, poses particular problems for women,...Tags: Healthy Diet, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Housing and Urban Planning
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Study identifies genes linked to post-traumatic stress disorder
Just before noon on a December morning in 1988, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook over 40% of the territory of Armenia, centered in the northern city of Spitak. The temblor leveled entire towns and cities, killed an estimated 25,000 Armenians — two-...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Natural Disasters
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Sleeping pills linked to higher risk of cancer, death, study says
A new study suggests that the 6% to 10% of Americans who use prescription sleep medications such as zolpidem (Ambien), temazepam (Restoril), eszopiclone (Lunesta) and zaleplon (Sonata) are more likely to develop cancer, and far more likely to die...Tags: Sanofi-Aventis, Lungs and Airways, Pharmaceuticals, Temazepam (drug), Ambien (drug)
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Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
Ten years after terrorists hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's growing evidence that people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...Tags: DeKalb, Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Juvenile Delinquency
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Depression treatment: Better but still not great
Depression affects 1 in 6 Americans in the course of his or her lifetime. And while antidepressant medications have seemingly revolutionized treatment, making the depressed well again is a largely hit-or-miss proposition. A review of advances in...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatrists, Chemical Industry, Depression Therapy
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Abandoned as a baby, she gets a priceless gift
I do not know what clothes I was wearing. Whether I'd been left in a cradle or with any note of explanation. I do not know if I cried or lay still. Looked around or slept. Minutes may have gone by. Or hours. All the official record says is that, at about...
Tags: Mother's Day, Biology
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Book Review: 'Tinderbox' by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin
Special to Tribune NewspapersTinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and the How the World Can Finally Overcome It By Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin Penguin Press, 421 pp., $29.95 Few diseases have been the subject of more books than the HIV/AIDS pandemic, with such...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Epidemics and Plagues, Swine Flu, The Washington Post
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Market Watch: Above the ocean in Malibu, a rare orchard of loquats
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHigh on a steep, terraced mountainside in Malibu, with a spectacular view of the Pacific, perches the largest and probably the only commercial planting of loquats in the United States. A pome fruit related to apples and pears, the loquat is one of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Mexico, Farms
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