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...their problems with parents, teachers and friends. It's equally critical for the kids to talk honestly with themselves. "Take a step back," advises Jen, 17, a Two Brattle patient. "Look at the long term. Who's in control of your life, the cutting or you?" Self-mutilation may thrive on secrecy and fear, but as with all wounds, a little fresh air can help speed the healing. --With reporting by Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles
...thrive: the Nigerian case load grew from 202 new victims in 2002 to 355 in 2003, then jumped to 792 in 2004. And although vaccinations resumed last summer, by then it was too late to put the genie back in the bottle. Cases of polio genetically consistent with the Nigerian strain had begun popping up, in succession, in more than 10 neighboring countries, including Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire and Sudan. Last November the same virus appeared in Saudi Arabia, two months before the hajj, when 2 million Muslims from around the world descended on Mecca...
Here's a healthier way to look at menopause. It's one of those facts of life, like bipedalism, that set Homo sapiens apart from the nonhuman primates. Their females decline pretty rapidly after they stop being fertile. Ours continue to thrive for decades. Scientists still argue about the details, but women have long taken advantage of nature's largesse to help rear grandchildren, start new ventures and, with any luck, pass on some accumulated wisdom...
Tickled to Death (Scribners; 231 pages; $13.95) is a collection of short stories, only one of them featuring Author Simon Brett's delightful amateur detective, the hammy and frequently out-of-work actor Charles Paris. Brett's ten Paris novels thrive on their bitchy wit and backstage authenticity. Outside those environs his writing can become fey and whimsical. But Brett is a specialist at sketching protagonists who are at once charming and palpably rotten, so that their ultimate escape or exposure remains a matter of genuine suspense...
Gorbachev is equally adamant in his desire to ban any research, testing or development of Star Wars technology. Arms-control negotiations at the summit could thrive or die on the SDI issue...