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The Urge to End It All

Is suicide the deadly result of a deep psychological condition — or a fleeting impulse brought on by opportunity?

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06.07.2008 21:52:00 - NYT > Health

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The Evidence Gap: Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma

Avastin, which can cost as much as $100,000 a year, has become one of the most popular cancer drugs, but studies show it prolongs life by only a few months.

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06.07.2008 16:26:30 - NYT > Health

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As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid

With fuel costs rising, agencies that provide meals or transportation for senior citizens are struggling.

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05.07.2008 16:45:10 - NYT > Health

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Personal Best: To Beat the Heat, Learn to Sweat It Out

No matter how much you train in the heat, it will never be easy, athletes and researchers say.

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04.07.2008 01:14:53 - NYT > Health

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The New Old Age: The Car Key Conversation

The “car key conversation” is a dreaded milestone of eldercare and one that adult children dread most.

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03.07.2008 22:48:24 - NYT > Health

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Medicine Show

Reporting from behind the scenes of a busy Brooklyn hospital.

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03.07.2008 19:51:20 - NYT > Health

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Aiming to Sell the World on Fitness

Technogym, an exercise equipment maker, is expanding its reach to countries with few health clubs, in a strategy to survive an economic downturn in the United States.

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03.07.2008 18:49:49 - NYT > Health

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Assisted Suicide of Healthy 79-Year-Old Renews German Debate on Right to Die

A woman’s desire to avoid life in a nursing home forces a country to confront the thorny ethical issue and casts an assisted-suicide advocate as Germany’s Jack Kevorkian.