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• Anger: taming the fury
  There's growing evidence anger can be harmful to your health. But what's the best way to manage this fiery emotion?
  Health: Features 24 September 2009
• Cyberbullying: a challenge in the digital age
  Stories of cyberbullying are creating terrible headlines, but how do we identify and prevent bullying in a digital age?
  Health: The Pulse 17 September 2009
• Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilisation: 50th anniversary
  Exactly fifty years ago, a 33-year-old Frenchman named Michel Foucault completed what would become one of the most influential works on the history of psychiatry: Madness and Civilization: A history of insanity in the age of reason. The book made a philosophical star of its author and changed our view of madness.
  Philosophers Zone 12 September 2009
• Dealing with complex health problems
  Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Ian Webster, talks about the inadequacies of the health care system to deal properly with health problems of the homeless and mentally ill people.
  Ockham's Razor 19 July 2009
• Climbing Everest and Learning to Love
  For South African mountaineer and inspirational speaker, Ronnie Muhl, getting the most out of life occurred when he fulfilled his dream to summit Mount Everest, the "Mother Goddess" according to the Tibetans. But for the Uruguayan-based former horse trainer, Isha, it's loving yourself unconditionally which is the key to fulfilment and joy. Her message 'Why Walk When You Can Fly?' is also the name of her recent book and film.
  The Spirit of Things 05 April 2009
• Think ahead, live longer
  People who plan ahead and think of the future are often healthier than those living for the here-and-now, argues a prominent US psychologist.
  Health: The Pulse 12 March 2009

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