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The Cost of Mental Illness

A new analysis suggests that mental illness costs society nearly two hundred billion dollars a year in lost earnings — and that is just the tip of the iceberg

Fit Nation

Paging Dr. Sanjay Gupta

CNN's medical correspondent offers his take on the latest health trends, innovations and controversies

PHOTOS

To the Moon

Five nations and a consortium of European nations set their sights on our nearest celestial neighbors. A photo survey of the world's most competitive space programs

AUDIO

The Psychic Scars of Kashmir

Photographer Robert Nickelsberg and reporter Judith Matloff visit the troubled region, where PTSD and other mental illnesses plague

PHOTOS

Dust Bowl in the Far East

Desertification blights the provinces of northwestern China

HEALTH

TIME Topics: Heart Disease

Heart disease is often referred to as the leading cause of death in the U.S.

QUOTES OF THE DAY

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  • JAYME DOWNS
  • resident of Daisetta, Texas, where a 260-foot-deep, 900-foot-long sinkhole emerged over the course of just two days May 6-7