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Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - 1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

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Can Yoga Reduce Symptoms of Major Psychiatric Disorders? | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - Yoga does the body good, and according to a new study, it may ease the mind as well. "Yoga has also become such a cultural phenomenon that it has become difficult for physicians and consumers to differentiate legitimate claims from hype,"...

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Controversial Surgery for Addiction Burns Away Brain’s Pleasure Center | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - How far should doctors go in attempting to cure addiction? In China, some physicians are taking the most extreme measures. By destroying parts of the brain’s “pleasure centers” in heroin addicts and alcoholics, these neurosurgeons hope to stop dru...

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Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Children Have Skyrocketed: Study | Healthland | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - Since 1993, the rate of antipsychotic drug prescribing to children increased by a factor of nearly eight, while prescribing to teens quintupled and in adults nearly doubled, according to a new study. Virtually all of this growth was seen in prescr...

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Hope for Quitters? A New Nicotine Vaccine May Be on the Way

healthland.time.com - Researchers are getting closer to developing a vaccine that could help protect people from the addictiveness of nicotine. The novel vaccine, which has so far been tested only in mice, prompts the body to manufacture an antibody that is attracted t...

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10 Reasons to Revisit Marijuana Policy Now

healthland.time.com - In reality, U.S. marijuana policy is no joke; it causes great harm, both directly and indirectly. Here are the 10 most important reasons our marijuana laws deserve serious reconsideration.

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‘Old-Person Smell’ Really Exists, Scientists Say

healthland.time.com - 'Old-person smell' is a real thing — and it's not just due to mothballs or a musty house. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia confirmed that elderly people really do have a distinct scent, so recognizable in fact that ...

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Traces of Marijuana Found in Trayvon Martin’s Body: Does It Matter? | Healthland | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - Among the voluminous evidence released Thursday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Florida high school student Trayvon Martin is a toxicology report showing that the teen had trace levels of THC in his blood and urine.

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Up to 90% of Asian Schoolchildren Are Nearsighted; Too Much Studying and Lack of Exposure to Bright Sunlight to Blame | Healthland | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - Scientists say that an epidemic of myopia, or nearsightedness, is sweeping through Asian children, and is likely due to students spending too much time indoors studying and not enough time outside in the sunlight.

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Study: More Than 90% of Patients Say They Want to Read Doctors' Notes, but Most Doctors Resist | Healthland | TIME.com

healthland.time.com - The last time you were at the doctor’s office, and your physician scribbled or typed something into your chart, did you wonder what it said? If so, you're in the majority: according to a new survey, more than 90% of patients said they would want t...

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