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...Gibson's "Passion," this one covers the last hours of Jesus' life, and alludes to earlier events by flashbacks. In the Gibson films they are visual, here verbal: in long testimony during the trial, witnesses describe some of Jesus' miracles, sermons, claims to royalty or divinity. Happily fashioning a cat's cradle from the tangle of religious and secular politics, the movie pins most of the blame on the Romans, whose second in command tells his soldiers, "Be sure that it is technically the Jews who make the arrest, and that he is brought to the house of the high...
...they think, and that it was therefore pointless to try to treat their anxiety with cognitive behavioral therapy; the only solution, it was believed, was to help the parents manage the child's behavior. Barrett agreed CBT directed at the child could work, and thought Kendall's "Coping Cat" program could be built on by encouraging greater parental and sibling involvement in the treatment. She also began treating anxious kids in groups, convinced the interaction would boost their confidence...
Asthma Without Allergies? One of the most intriguing questions in immunology today is why everyone doesn't suffer from asthma. After all, the air we breathe is full of germs, viruses and other irritants. Since half of the 17 million Americans with asthma are hypersensitive to common substances like cat dander or pollen, it stands to reason that their allergic reactions trigger the chronic inflammation in their bodies. Yet the people who develop asthma as adults - one of the most rapidly growing segments of the population - often don't have allergies. Doctors still don't know what's driving their...
TOXOPLASMOSIS A big problem for pregnant women (it can produce miscarriages and birth defects), toxoplasmosis is caused by a protozoan that can be picked up by eating undercooked meat or by contact with infected cat feces more than...
...CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE (CSD) This is a bacterial disease that cats transmit to people through scratches, bites or infected fleas. More common in children than adults, CSD triggers fever, enlarges lymph nodes and may damage major organ systems...