Flannery Dean

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Last week, Mad Men star January Jones told People magazine that she’s been ingesting her placenta as a means of regaining her strength and replenishing her body after giving birth to her son last fall.

I know when I’m getting my period. Not because I keep a detailed or accurate record of my cycle, but because it’s usually around the time when I start to wonder why I suddenly dislike so many people all at once and so intensely.

"Facebook depression" is becoming a growing concern among users of the social network.

Why is it that some people are able to experiment with drugs in their youth or even occasionally indulge as adults and never fall prey to addiction while others are completely undone and become hopelessly ensnared?