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The Weak Link Between Stress and Infertility (Nov. 7, 2011)

 

In Defense of IVF Twins (August 15, 2011)

 

Is Ella Birth Control or Abortion?: The new morning-after pill (August 17, 2010)

 

When Sex Becomes a Chore: A new study shows how infertility affects a couple's sex life (April 12, 2010)



Is Egg Freezing Unfairly Marginalized?: Why the experimental label should be removed from the procedure (March 15, 2010)

The Irresistible Baconator: Why fast food calorie counts might not make people eat better (February 16, 2010)

 

Feeling Unattractive? Maybe You’re Ovulating: How ovulation affects self-esteem (January 21, 2010)

 

Taking Care of Babies May Change Your Brain: A new study suggests that your brain can become “motherly” without giving birth (January 7, 2010)

Single and Happy During the Holidays: A new study shows that singletons might be just as psychologically well-off as married people (December 23, 2009) 

Does Getting Dumped Feel Like Breaking a Bone?: A new study suggests that some people may experience emotional distress physically (December 15, 2009)

 

Exercise Will (Eventually) Stop Making You Hungry: A new study could provide clues to long-term weight loss (December 3, 2009)

 

The Healthiest Way To Fight With Your Husband: Use analytical language in the heat of the moment (November 24, 2009)

The Atkins Diet Could Make You Hate Life: A low-carb lifestyle is good for weight loss, but bad for your mood (November 16, 2009)

Does Stress Cause Infertility?: The relationship between worry, depression, and trying to have a baby (November 9, 2009)

 

Smart Test-Tube Babies: The latest reassuring research on IVF (October 28, 2009)

 

Why Poor Women Are More Likely To Die From Breast Cancer: And how their situation could get worse (October 15, 2009)

 

Thin Friends Can Make You Fat, Too: How is a social woman supposed to lose weight? (October 6, 2009)

 

Rielle Hunter Beat the Odds: Conceiving a healthy child naturally at 43 is pretty rare (September 21, 2009)

Neurostimulation: Is it a good idea to drill holes in people's heads to treat them for depression? (February 19, 2008)

 

Skipping Baby Steps: The case for going straight to IVF (November 20, 2007)

 

Girl Talk: A new pill that stops your period (October 18, 2006)

 

Love Match: Couples who cross-donate kidneys (December 20, 2005)

Dispatches from Romania - Part 1: The Dictator's Groupie (November 29, 2004)

 

Dispatches from Romania - Part 2: King of Roma Everywhere (November 30, 2004)

Dispatches from Romania - Part 3: The Babies Left Behind (December 1, 2004)

 

Dispatches from Romania - Part 4: Please Keep Your Children, or Don't Have Them (December 2, 2004)

Dispatches from Romania - Part 5: Stuck in the Pipeline (December 3, 2004)

How the bridal beast is bankrupting the lowly wedding guest (Oct. 10, 2011)

Deadly Prose: How should creative writing teachers handle students who turn in gruesome stories? (April 20, 2007)

 

The Suicide Test: Alarmed by recent reports of student depression and fearing malpractice lawsuits, colleges are struggling with ways to treat suicidal students -- including expelling them. (March 9, 2007)

 

How to Humanize a Killer: Defense teams in capital cases research their clients' childhood -- and conduct often-harrowing interviews with the clients' families -- to evoke sympathy from juries. Critics call mitigation evidence the "abuse excuse." (June 7, 2006) 

 

Singles Going Steady: To avoid marrying a jerk, singles educators say you should stay out of bed on the first date and cross-examine your partner. Critics say their advice is hokum. (March 7, 2006)

  

The Bronzed and the Beautiful: Like all pasty-white chicks, I thought I could only dream of wearing a white bikini and gold lamé thongs -- until I found salvation in a bottle of rub-on tan. (August 3, 2005)

 

Before We Hook Up, Please Sign This: In an effort to stem sexual harassment suits, more and more companies are insisting that office paramours sign "love contracts" -- even before any collegial coitus takes place. Is climbing over the cube worth the aggravation? (July 21, 2005)

Boomer: Get a Great Profile. Things you should never, ever say in your Match.com profile (August 2007)