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...dispel the dark moods that dogged her through life, Truen Bergen tried every antidepressant imaginable. But she hated the side effects, which ranged from a sharp prickling sensation to mild hypertension. Then she heard about St. John's wort, a medicinal herb that has been used for centuries in teas and tinctures. "I figured it couldn't be any worse than the medication I was already taking," says Bergen, 49, an airline purser from San Diego, Calif. "Then, after two or three weeks, it dawned on me. I felt balanced and good. I felt happy...
...League education. One professor offered his faux-zebra hide couch for me to sit on. The other, more avuncular professor actually offered me a plate of donuts. My discussions with them, and with the other students in my interview time slots, did not provoke panic or even mild anxiety...
...TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer notes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the rare move of including military commanders in a routine cabinet meeting last night. The agenda: plans for an impending raid. "Today's official response to the bombing in Jerusalem was very mild, which leads one to wonder if the real response is so far a secret," says Beyer. "I think (a raid) is a real possibility, and it's a signal to Arafat that he could lose everything he's so far gained...
...spanking partisan, adds that he favors corporal punishment only as a last resort, after putting a child on time out--a few minutes of inactivity--then warning him or her that the next miscue will bring a whack. Still, he says, punishment should be limited to one or two mild slaps on the buttocks. His views are widely shared. More than two-thirds of pediatricians in recent polls approved parental spanking in certain situations...
SHAKING OFF TREMORS A new implantable device delivers mild electric shocks to the brain to control the tremors of Parkinson's disease and a more benign disorder, essential tremor. Major surgery is required, so it's for severe cases only...