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...Taking solace where they could, British officials hailed the official end of a recession that began in the second quarter of 2008. Though tiny, the country's fourth-quarter growth ended the nation's most severe economic slide in more than half a century - one responsible for a 6.1% decline in growth. The return to positive growth, however slight, was enough for Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to declare, "We are on a path to recovery," even if he qualified it by adding that he'll "always remain cautious." (See the best business deals...
...second stage of treatment involves confronting patients' distorted view of reality. Did the addict really believe that paying for a sensual massage was not the same thing as hiring a prostitute? Or that he or she could spend most of the day surfing the Internet for pornography and that no one would find out? These questions are not meant to shame a patient, but to force him or her to understand what really happened. As Weiss puts it, "We may not stop the behavior, but we're going to ruin it for you." (See TIME's sex covers...
...executive director of the Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado, who describes himself as being sober from his own sex addiction for more than 20 years. Addicts are encouraged to disclose the full range of their behavior to their partner when confronting their distortions of reality in the second stage of treatment. If an addict happens to contract an STD and never tells his wife, "his behavior could kill her," Weiss notes...
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...second brain-function study, published in the same journal, scientists in Germany found that increased physical activity was associated with a lower incidence of dementia. In this study, researchers recruited 3,485 elderly residents in Bavaria and asked them about their physical activity. None of the participants had dementia at the start of the analysis, but after two years of follow-up, researchers found that those who exercised at least three times a week were half as likely to have developed dementia, compared with the people who reported no physical activity. Based on his results, says lead author Dr. Thorleif...