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Most E-mailed news on 19 August 2009

Basics: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back.

Op-Ed Columnist: This Is Reform?
Giving consumers the choice of an efficient, government-run insurance plan would have moved us toward real cost control, but that option seems gone. The public deserves better.

Mental Stress Training Is Planned for U.S. Soldiers
A new Army program is intended to prevent problems like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

Most E-mailed news on 18 August 2009

Op-Ed Columnist: The Swiss Menace
The Democratic health care reform plan most resembles the system in Switzerland, despite comparisons to the approaches taken in Britain and Canada.

Op-Ed Contributor: Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
Babies and young children are designed to explore, and they should be encouraged to do so. Children learn more through natural interaction with a parent and play than with any toy.

Op-Ed Contributor: Health Care?s Generation Gap
Money spent on exorbitant intensive-care medicine for dying, elderly people should be redirected to preventive care for children and mothers.