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...What Tim had, at least by his history, was a true classic - a common problem. His physical exam was also classic - tender at a certain spot on the inside of the calf, pain here when he tried to stand on tip toe. It's called "tennis leg" because it often happens on the tennis court; it feels like you just got hit with a ball. In the days before MRI we thought it was caused by rupture of an unimportant little muscle in the leg called the plantaris. Now we know it's actually a small tear of a part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Judgment to the Test | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...understand the anguish of these experiences. Not mean-spiritedness, but rather a lack of empathy—stemming, presumably, from a lack of knowledge—must therefore be the source of these claims: “I’m so depressed! I got a C- on my exam!” “I’m feeling totally bipolar today!” “I alphabetize all the books on my shelf! I totally have OCD!” Such statements are not intended to trivialize, but for people who are depressed, manic-depressive...

Author: By Emily R. Kaplan | Title: Other People’s Disease | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

...students who voted in last week’s referendum, 2,914 cast a ballot in favor of the UC proposal that would also extend winter break to four weeks and have the spring final exam period end more than a week earlier...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vote Calls for Earlier Exams | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...students who voted in the referendum this week, 2,914 cast a ballot in favor of a UC proposal that would also extend winter break to four weeks and have the spring final exam period end more than a week earlier. Meanwhile, 549 students voted against the proposal, Petersen said...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Large Turnout, Calendar Reform Wins Overwhelming Support | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...least the belief that it exists - can have a similar effect. If the world outside the home seems to be conspiring in the mistreatment, the sense of invalidation grows worse still. It may be true that none of us suffer a lost job, a busted romance or a failed exam easily, but to someone already highly sensitized to such setbacks, they can be intolerable. "These are people who are already angry," says Samenow, "and when things don't go the way they want them to, they personalize it. They take out their rage not on the person who hurt them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside a Mass Murderer's Mind | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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