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Most of us don’t need to be told how stress can negatively affect physical and mental health. It can make us feel exhausted and overwhelmed, quickening our pulse and keeping us up at night with anxious thoughts.

Men from the country have got the goods; Canada's climate change reputation is still atrocious; America throws away $110 billion, literally; Elizabeth Edwards is no longer with us; and Julian Assange has been denied bail in British court.

If Princess Diana hadn’t died in that tragic car accident in 1997, where would she be now and more importantly, who would she be? That’s the question Newsweek is asking this week to mark what would have been the late Princess’s 50th birthday on July 1.

From morning sickness to heartburn to a new-found appreciation for elasticized waistbands, pregnancy enacts enormous change in the lives of those it holds hostage for nine months. We know it makes you gain weight but does it make you, um, forgetful too?

When celebs rant — they say something worth printing. Kim Cattrall should really let her hair down more often. Because when the Sex and the City star does throw caution to the wind she manages to say something interesting about media culture and the reality of her life as an aging actress.