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Just in time for the summer travel season: higher air fares. Four major carriers -- Continental, American, Northwest and U.S. Airways -- announced a 4 percent hike in their standard domestic leisure rates over the Memorial Day weekend. If, as expected, other carriers follow suit, this third raise for 1999 will zoom fares to an 11 percent increase for the year. It?s a function of classic demand in the midst of a booming economy, says TIME senior economic reporter Bernard Baumohl: "Airlines are experiencing record high traffic by passengers, which has been pumped up by low unemployment, consumer confidence...
...itself -- may be what makes the difference. An intriguing body of research, reported in Monday?s New York Times, indicates that social status may be an additional factor in assuring good health and longevity. Medical researchers are not sure what exactly accounts for the better health of people in higher socioeconomic classes, but the research suggests that the phenomenon may be due to something beyond the circular fact that people in higher classes tend to have better health habits -- such as not smoking -- than those in lower classes. Researchers believe that one key factor responsible for the observed differences...
Diagnosis is critical because depressed children tend to develop increasingly severe mental disorders and in some cases psychosis as teens and adults. Three studies on children who were depressed before puberty show that as adults they had a higher rate of antisocial behavior, anxiety and major depression than those who experienced their first depressive episode as teens. "Prepubertal depression does occur, and those who get it are more susceptible to [the] mania [of bipolar disorder] later," says Dr. John March, director of the program on pediatric psychopharmacology at Duke University. "The earlier you get it, the more likely you will...
Although the study did not look into the causes of the higher risk, investigators blame the college lifestyle...
Mayer acknowledges the slightly higher price of drinks like Fresh Samantha, or the fresh-squeezed jucies sold at HDS's Cafe Gaia in Loker Commons, but he says students seem willing to accept the trade...