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Like drug addiction, greed hijacks the brain's reward system. In healthcare, this pathological pursuit of profit has life-or-death consequences.

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Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

Tracing his rise to superstardom in the 1970s, new documentary, I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, shows how the comedian's ...

Good Gossip Gossip is one of those words that immediately conjures images of whispered betrayals and unnecessary drama. But psychologists define the phenomenon far more neutrally: gossip is simply the ...