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Back to Happily Ever After
What couples do in the aftermath of an affair can determine whether they'll have a future together.
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Genes May Link Disparate Diseases
Some researchers are finding that a genetic abnormality behind one illness may also cause other, seemingly unrelated disorders.
Pitting Employees Against Each Other … for Health
Businesses are borrowing techniques from digital games in an effort to encourage regular exercise and foster healthy eating habits.
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Eye Drugs Roughly Equal, Study Says
The results of a study show that the drugs Avastin and Lucentis are roughly equal at preserving vision in elderly people with a common eye disease, a finding that could potentially save Medicare and other insurers millions of dollars a year.
New Name, Ye Same Olde Ailments
Classic literature is loaded with archaic diseases. In "Wuthering Heights," Catherine Earnshaw Linton develops "brain fever" and dies. Test your knowledge with a quick quiz.
The Trust Molecule
Why are some people trustworthy while others cheat and lie, some generous and others coldhearted louts? Part of the answer may lie in the hormone oxytocin. Paul J. Zak on the new science of morality.
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- Video: Can I Trust You? A Molecule May Decide
Calling Truce in Mother-Daughter Conflict
Mother-daughter relationships are often stormy in the daughter's teen years. But why do they keep pushing each other's buttons well into adulthood?
- Video: Fixing the Mother-Daughter Relationship
Talk Out Your Care Options
Asking a few key questions at your next doctor's appointment could save you both money and exposure to medical risks.
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No Panacea for Diabetic Children
The only pill approved in the U.S. for treatment of children with type 2 diabetes is proving surprisingly ineffective, heightening worries about the fast-growing and largely preventable disease.

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The Bilingual Brain Is Sharper and More Focused, Study Says
The ability to speak two languages can make bilingual people better able to pay attention, a new study suggests.
Are Some Teenagers Wired for Addiction?
A.M. Vitals: Diabetes Treatment Found to Work Relatively Poorly in Children
FDA OKs New Treatment for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Patients
Aviation Is an Inspiration for Improving Patient Safety
A.M. Vitals: U.S. Officials Defend Testing Regimen for Mad Cow Disease
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New Clues to Preeclampsia
Rethinking the War on Drugs
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USDA Finds Clues About Diseased Cow
Federal officials said the latest cow found in the U.S. to have mad-cow disease came from a dairy farm in Tulare County, Calif., giving investigators new pieces of the puzzle as they try to trace the animal's origins.

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Many People Ignore Signs, Delay Treatment of Heart Attack
Bonds
By Elizabeth Bernstein
Back to Happily Ever After

The informed patient
By Laura Landro
Matching Patients With Clinical Trials
In the lab
By Shirley S. Wang
Genes May Link Disparate Diseases

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Mayor of the Mountain
Outdoor sports and networking go hand-in-hand for Utah politicians, such as Mike Caldwell, mayor of Ogden, Utah.
Urban Buzz: A New Bee That Sips Sweat
A new bee is buzzing in Brooklyn: The tiny insect, the size of a sesame seed, sips the sweet nectar of the city—sweat.
Vote: Should You Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance?
As more of us live longer, we increasingly face the question of how to pay the rising cost of extended care, whether in a nursing home, an assisted-living center or at home. Is long-term care insurance the way to go? Your answers could appear in an upcoming print special report.
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Jim Sollisch: Why I Donated a Kidney
Most of us are walking around with a spare part that 90,000 people need.