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      Running Across America

      Every year some 10 to 20 runners set off to run across America, often with a fund-raising hook and a social media following.

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      When a Patient Is Dying, Food Appears

      Once our most intensive interventions end, we are left with this — a choice of tuna fish or chicken salad, or maybe some Oreos, brought up from the hospital basement.

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    The Anger of Cancer

    Historically, the appearance of cancer was (wrongly) attributed to the repressed anger of patients. In fact, contagious rage is not the cause but may be an effect.

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    Do Olympians Get Too Much Exercise?

    A new study of former Olympians should help to allay some of the lingering uncertainties about the effects of long-term, intensive training on the heart.

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    Pretty Girls Are Supposed to Smile

    I was born with Moebius syndrome, a rare form of facial paralysis that leaves me unable to smile.