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Theater review: ‘What the Butler Saw’ at the Odyssey Theatre
Culture MonsterPhilip Brandes reviews Joe Orton's black comedy "What the Butler Saw" at the Odyssey Theatre.... -
Jared Loughner making 'progess' toward standing trial, judge says
Nation NowTucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has made “measurable progress” toward recovering mental competency to stand trial in the deadly rampage, a federal judge said Monday in ordering another four-month commitment at a prison mental... -
Dr. William Lamers Jr. dies at 80; championed modern hospice care
"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital.
It was the early 1970s, when most people with incurable illnesses died...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Morphine (drug), Human Interest, Medical Specialization, Cancer
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First look: 'Awake' gets some unlikely guest stars
Show TrackerJason Isaacs talks about the upcoming episode of 'Awake,' which features unlikely guest stars: penguins.... -
The Unreal World: A miscarriage in 'A Separation'
"A Separation"
Hopscotch Films, Golem Distribution
U.S. release: September
The premise
Nader (Peyman Moaadi) refuses to leave Iran with his wife because his aged father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) suffers from Alzheimer's disease, causing a schism between...Tags: Obstetrics, Behavioral Conditions, Stress, Medical Specialization, New York University
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A chat with Robin Ellis, the man who was Poldark
Show TrackerA few weeks back I wrote about "Poldark," a BBC series from the mid-1970s that had recently been released in a complete-set package on DVD (by Acorn Media), as a cure for "Downton Abbey" withdrawal. A tale of romance and class war, of tradition and... -
'Doc Martin' star Martin Clunes on the making of the British series
Show Tracker"Doc Martin," the globally popular British series about an antisocial big-city surgeon working as a general practitioner among boundary-disrespecting neighbors in a Cornwall fishing village, has just begun its fifth season. Over the last couple of years... -
Media spotlight may not help Norwegian killer spread views
World NowNorwegian television has been banned from broadcasting the testimony of confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik as he goes on trial, yet his chilling declarations about why and how he murdered scores of people have still made headlines around the world.... -
In Practice: The risk of a cry unheeded
Mike didn't talk much. After all, I was a stranger, another one of the guardians in a white coat that kept him imprisoned in the locked ward of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
The hospital needed a medical resident to do basic physicals on...Tags: David Geffen School of Medicine, Suicide, Hospitals and Clinics, California State University, Northridge, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lesser-known artists are poised for a breakthrough
Nobody thought a 12-sided geometric painting by a little-known artist could top a Hockney. The painting, "Vector," has languished in storage for at least 30 years. The painter, Ron Davis, has been living off the grid near Taos, N.M., for almost as long....Tags: Politics, Arts, Photography, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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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: Medical Research, Medical Specialization, Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Psychiatrists
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The Unreal World: 'Web Therapy' plot has some issues
"Web Therapy"
11 p.m. Sept. 13, Showtime
Episode: "Whistling While I Work"
The premise: Fiona Wallice (Lisa Kudrow) is a therapist with unspecified credentials who begins seeing clients in three-minute sessions conducted online via video chat. In...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Showtime (tv network), Corporate Crime, Medical Specialization, Massachusetts General Hospital
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