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January 16, 2009
18 and Under
Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic
Jillian Tamaki
Manners are another side of the journey every child makes from helplessness to autonomy.
Cases Without Borders
For Gaza Psychologist, Hope Amid Despair
Gaza has never been easy and two weeks after the bombings started it is hard to find hope. Yet in the midst of despair, psychologists do find some.
Cases
The Instincts to Trust Are Usually the Patient’s
Doctors can’t explain it, but every day in medicine there are people who know they are near death, no matter what the tests show.
'The Mercy Papers'
In Robin Romm’s account of her mother’s death from cancer, her fury is transformed into an instrument for pursuing truth.
Cases
A Failure of Nerve, and a New Beginning
Trapped in a body that can't walk, a woman learns to appreciate reality.
Books
The High and Low Tech of Health Care Innovation
Whether you prefer cutting-edge medicine or time-tested practices, these books cover the gamut of health care advances past, present and future.
Bedsides
Mind
A Crisis of Confidence for Masters of the Universe
It is too soon to gauge the true psychiatric consequences of the economic debacle, but the crisis is leaving its mark on individuals.
Books
Magnificent Medical Miracles, and Everyday Ones, Too
Two new health books go a long way toward explicating medical miracles pursued and those that unfold against all expectations.
Perspectives
Person, Patient, Statistic
Having prostate cancer makes you feel like you’ve been reduced to an abstraction, merely a wrinkle in the business of repairing prostates.
Cases
A Scare Forever Etched
Scary experiences etch the lives of young surgeons and can be great teachers.
Jane Gross blogs about aging parents and
the adult children struggling to care for them.
Multimedia
Patient Voices: Psoriasis
Scaly, itchy skin, painful joints and challenging treatment regimens -- seven men, women and children speak about living with psoriasis.
- Health Guide: Psoriasis
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The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: Cellphones, sleep aides and cosmetic enhancement. Test your knowledge of this week's health news.
Personal Health
New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart
Some newer suggestions for how to protect your heart may surprise you.
Really?
The Claim: Chocolate Can Be Disruptive to Sleep
Is chocolate’s caffeine content enough to keep you up?
Well
A Problem of the Brain, Not the Hands: Group Urges Phone Ban for Drivers
The National Safety Council is calling for a ban on car phones, even hands-free ones.
Times Essentials
Reporter’s File
A Clash of Science and Politics over PMS
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- Questions for Your Doctor | Expert Q & A | 5 Things to Know
- More on PMS: Causes | Complications | Treatment
Living With Prostate Cancer
Dana Jennings talks about prostate cancer and the response to his posts on the Well blog.
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Times Talks: Eldercare
Taking Care
A panel of experts shared insights into the best ways to meet the medical, financial and legal challenges of getting older.MOST POPULAR - HEALTH
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- More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care
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- Doctor and Patient: Putting a Price on Compassion
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- Big Insurer Agrees to Update Its Fee Data
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- New Idea to Cut I.C.U. Trauma: Get Patients Up, Tubes and All
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- A Problem of the Brain, Not the Hands: Group Urges Phone Ban for Drivers
- In F.D.A. Files, Claims of Leniency and a Rush to Approve Medical Devices
- Children's Life Expectancy Being Cut Short by Obesity
- Study Finds Drug Risks With Newer Antipsychotics
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