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That's why a study just published in the journal Pain is so encouraging. According to the study, clinicians who used a particular form of behavior therapy called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with a group of 16 chronic-pain patients ages 10 to 18 saw remarkable results: after just 10 weeks of ACT sessions, during which patients were taught strategies for accepting chronic pain so they could pursue important goals, those kids suffered less intensely and functioned significantly better day to day than did a control group of 16 chronic-pain kids who had been treated the way kids...
...Like many facilities at Harvard, the House system was a gift. Unsurprisingly, it was a gift from a wealthy white man. Surprisingly, this particular man was a Yalie named Edward Stephen Harkness. With millions from his shares in the Rockefellers’ golden swan, Standard Oil, Harkness was a philanthropic plutocrat in the tradition of Carnegie, Mellon, and Rockefeller himself. After being rebuffed by Yale, Harkness came to University President A. Lawrence Lowell in the fall of 1928, offering over $3 million to build a residential college system that would “bring into each group men from different...
...raised concern that the next launch could be tipped with a less palatable cargo. But, even though the launch does raise some concerns about Iran’s military potential, the United States should continue to pursue an even-handed strategy of engagement with the Islamic Republic. In particular, plans for a Central European missile shield should be shelved until further notice...
...Allston construction program. Finishing the science center already begun in Allston should be a priority of the university, as it will greatly benefit Harvard and the Allston community, boosting our science programs, improving infrastructure, and supporting Allston’s economy. One further point made in the letter deserves particular attention. The university must be more transparent about the state of its finances if the Harvard community and our neighbors are to accept the host of cuts being made...
...Kevorkian, who devised a "suicide machine" to administer lethal doses of medication, spent seven years in prison for his efforts, emerging in 2007 at the age of 79. He claimed to have helped some 130 people commit suicide, but was locked up over one particular case of a 52-year-old man with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) who Kevorkian helped commit suicide. Kevorkian videotaped the death and allowed it to be broadcast on 60 Minutes in a brazen violation of Michigan...