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Psychology researchers exploring relational aggression and victimization in 11- to 13-year-olds have found adolescent boys have a similar understanding and experience of “mean” behaviors and “bitchiness” as girls.

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Teens who spend more time watching television or using computers appear to have poorer relationships with their parents and peers, according to new study.

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I lead a weekly support group for bipolar students through Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Virginia. Each week, discussion varies considerably usually reflecting the different struggles that students may have encountered during the preceding week

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Are men really only after one thing? Well,  fMRI studies of men’s brains show that 98% of the cerebral cortex is preoccupied with vivid sexual fantasies.

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Elena Hight: A glimpse into the life of a young Olympic snowboarder, who she considers her biggest hero, and where she's headed after Vancouver.

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QUESTION Dear Irene: I am in my mid-thirties and have always made and had easy friendships. People really like me and I like them and being liked. All would be well except that I harbor a very strong and miserable envious streak

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Every Man Has a Tiger in His Tank

“You want to know the surest way that you can spot a ’sex addict?’ He’s got a penis.” Bill Maher Comedians aren’t the only ones noting that the line between what people are calling “sex addiction” and normal male human libido is very fine, if not non-existent. I’m willing to grant that there’s a problem if someone loses his job because he can’t stop looking at porn, but I’m certainly not willing to grant that looking at porn constitutes cheating on one’s spouse or is inherently indicative of some underlying pathology.

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In this week's Q&A: David D. helps a reader get that one special girl, even if he should just forget her.

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Silver medalist Speedy Peterson and his mama, plus a night out in Vancouver

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Vancouver Winter Olympics: A speed skating event and a toast to Team USA Moms.

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Have you seen the recent report out of an Israel that concluded that a successful marriage substantially reduces the chances of stroke for men? It seems that if you are a single man or an UNhappily married man, you have a 64% GREATER chance of having a stroke than a happily married man! So here’s the deal, stay single or have an unhappy marriage, and increase the risk of having a stroke by 64%! Wow, is this an incentive for a happy marriage or what!! This study, like others we have reviewed recently, has left us wondering – what are the other benefits of successful marriage

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[27 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Our resident agony aunt offers her solutions to your problems THE DILEMMA I am about to make the biggest decision of my life and I’m very scared. My partner of five years and I are due to move from town to a country house.

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[27 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Up close and personal – a longer look at a lonely hearts ad Name: Sharon Knight Age: 49 Occupation: Part-time charity worker Area: Sussex Looking for: “A man for a long-term relationship” In her own words: “Sussex Damsel seeks Knight for love and romance. Loving, loyal, passionate and looking for the same.” I’m far too young to be on my own, and I love the company of men. I love being worshipped and adored

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Marry Him? When Are You "Settling"?

“Marc” wants me to marry him. Even though he has so much of what I’m looking for, I just wish he had the sense of humor and sexiness of the guy I broke up with before him. I’m feeling tempted to say yes but I can’t help wondering if I’d be settling.

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[27 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

We sang along to the songs on the radio so that we didn’t have to speak. We didn’t want to speak because anything we would have said, as the white lines moved faster beneath the Monte Carlo’s dark wheels, we would have regretted later. It was simple between us, but that didn’t mean it was easy