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  1. Health & Medicine

    Behavioral therapy can help kids with Tourette disorder

    A ten-week course of practicing techniques to countermand tics works better than counseling.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Cell phone-cancer study an enigma

    An epidemiological study of a link between cell phone usage and brain cancer proved inconclusive.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Caring for a spouse with dementia leaves caregiver at risk

    Wives and husbands who attend to mates have greater chance of developing problems themselves, a new study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Life

    Light shows fMRI works as advertised

    Optogenetic method validates assumption underlying brain imaging technique.