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In Dr. Helen - Posted 4 days ago
Happy Thanksgiving to all! If you are feeling a bit stressed about the holidays (or just need a laugh), take a bit of time to watch my segment on PJTV...
Tags: stress

In Dr. Helen - Posted 1 week ago
This is interesting:Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to st...
Tags: running

In Dr. Helen - Posted 1 week ago
Professor Alexander McPherson speaks up on the sham of sexual harassment training (via Reason):Four years ago, the governor signed Assembly Bill 182...
Tags: sexual

In Dr. Helen - Posted 1 week ago
I read with interest an article entitled, In Ethnic Enclaves, The U.S. Economy Thrives (Hat tip: Newsalert):Dr. Alethea Hsu has a strange-seeming pres...
Tags: foot

In Dr. Helen - Posted 2 weeks ago
A reader (thanks!) sends in this story on the over-inflated self-esteem of today's teens:Today's American high school students are far likelier th...
Tags: teens

In Dr. Helen - Posted 2 weeks ago
Hi all, I am doing a segment for an upcoming PJTV segment on coping with the holidays. I would appreciate any questions you have about surviving the h...
Tags: stress

In Dr. Helen - Posted 3 weeks ago
I thought I would take a break from politics to tell you about a book I am reading that might be of interest to some of you. I have always liked the w...
Tags: children depression

In Dr. Helen - Posted 3 weeks ago
Cliff Mason at CNBC: You can't teach American kids civics by forcing them to do community service work. We're stubborn, in fact, that's our singular n...
Tags: kids

In Dr. Helen - Posted 7 weeks ago
Dr.Sanity has good advice on how to cope with stress and anxiety as the market melts down:Rule #1: Don't be a victim. Rule #2: Don't wait to be rescue...

In Dr. Helen - Posted 7 weeks ago
I went to the spa today to get a massage due to pain from RSI (repetitive strain injury) from computer overuse. While there, I got an earful from the...
Tags: depression



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