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Woman loses insurance benefits over happy Facebook photos: What do your pics say about your life?

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Nathalie Blanchard, an IBM employee who has been on leave from her job for 18 months after being diagnosed with "major depression", uploaded herself out of her disability benefits.…

New Moon's "Real Monster": Teen Depression

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New Moon’s “Real Monster”: Teen Depression

Normally after our children see movies with somewhat of a “horror” edge like “New Moon,” the next installment in the “Twilight” vampire romance series, we tell them that the “monsters” in the movie are…

How do low-carb diets affect mood?

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The promise of many popular diets often includes not just weight loss, but a happier outlook. Yet, a new study shows that the expected mood improvement—the added perk usually seen when losing weight—seems to be short-lived in successful dieters on a low-carb diet. The low-carb diet debate is one that doesn’t seem to want to fade away. The diet itself is an old one. The idea that eliminating most carbs as a weight-loss strategy is an idea that preceded Dr. Atkins by more than a century. There are many types of low-carb diets with varying restrictions on the types and amounts of carbohydrates permitted. Just like other diets, they work as long as you eat fewer calories.