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Even if you've already pierced your tongue, you can still come to your senses. The body has an amazing ability to heal itself. If you would just leave your jewelry on your nightstand, the hole in your tongue will eventually close. But if you absolutely must persist in lingual lunacy, at the very least keep your tongue jewelry clean, don't wear it at night or while you're eating, and, whatever you do, don't bite down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Risky Fashion | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...these churches say that being gay can be cured by submission to Jesus Christ, they are deceiving themselves as well as others. My ex-husband, who is also gay, and I are out of the closet and finally happy and at peace with ourselves. Our attempts to let God "heal" us led only to depression, suicidality and infidelity. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Bloomfield, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...among the most versatile molecules in the body. Among other things, prostaglandins trigger uterine contractions during birth; generate a layer of mucus that protects the stomach from its acids; and cause blood particles called platelets to form clots--a mixed blessing, since the clots that help a wound heal can also lead to a heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aspirin Without Ulcers | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...friend once said to me, "If you want to heal, you'll become a doctor. If you want to practice justice, you'll become a lawyer. If you want to share the truth, you'll become a teacher." A hyperbolical, overly optimistic view of the world, perhaps. But some of us can't help believing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 7/10/1998 | See Source »

...There is a notion in Judaism of tikkun olam," Laudor told the Times in 1995, "to heal the world." He felt it was his calling to redeem pariahs, to prove that those afflicted with mental illness could still serve. In the complicated psychochemistry of madness, his very determination may have led to his undoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Precarious Genius | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

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