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Obsessive Internet Use Linked with Depression in Teens
Spending hours on the Internet may trigger depression, say researchers from Australia and China.
Behavior: Do People Get Hooked on Sex?
A woman uses a vibrator so intensely that she ends up in an emergency room. A priest steals money from his church’s collection box so that he can pay for prostitutes
David Foster Wallace: The Death of a Genius
What would you write if you could write absolutely anything? This is the question that, as a reader, one imagined David Foster Wallace facing
Pay for Grades: Should Parents Bribe Kids in School?
In junior high school, one of my classmates had a TV addiction — back before it was normal.
Tiger is getting to know himself
Tiger is getting to know himself We might never know Tiger Woods, but he might finally be getting to know himself Everybody, not just the famous, has both a public and a private face. Those two versions of ourselves are never completely reconciled, nor would most of us want them to be. Our interior life, […]
Study touts treating heroin addicts with heroin
If treating heroin addicts by giving them heroin seems counterintuitive, having the government fund that addiction to the tune of more than $22,000 per patient per year comes across as downright radical.
Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride
Any kid can dream up a roller coaster. But those who visit a new exhibit at Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park can actually take a ride on their fantasy creations
Drug overdose killed DJ AM, official says
Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein’s death last month was an accident caused by “acute intoxication” from a combination of cocaine and prescription drugs, the New York medical examiner said Tuesday. Goldstein’s body was found August 28 in his New York apartment with a crack pipe nearby and a half bag of crack cocaine and prescription drugs in the home, a police source told People.com.
Mackenzie Phillips expected to drop bombshell on ‘Oprah’
Mackenzie Phillips hid in her home, made compulsive purchases and struggled with personal issues, she tells Oprah Winfrey. The 49-year-old former child star, best known as Julie on the sitcom “One Day at a Time,” also reportedly tells Winfrey about a family secret she’s kept hidden for 31 years