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...The widow of actor Christopher Reeve, who died in October 2004, mentions being treated for the disease but emphasizes the theme of the program, which is that illness can teach us a lot about our bodies and our minds.

The show focuses on how stress can cause illness and make a disease much worse by attacking the immune system.

It contends that doctors can no longer just treat parts of the body - they must look at the person as a whole, including their mental health.

Doctors on the show admit that they once considered this idea a sort of quack medicine, but many are now learning that it can produce results that all their modern, high-tech stuff can't.

We see scientists tracking how emotions physically change the heart, stomach, blood pressure and other parts of the body through experiments never before possible.

We watch patients who do mental exercises before surgery recover much faster.

It's made a believer of some insurance companies, who say a $17 CD can dramatically cut the number of days in the hospital.

A 13-year-old girl with terrible chronic pain learns how to turn it off with her mind, and we watch as an 18-year-old youth uses hypnosis to alleviate his suffering.

None of these techniques offer cures, but they hold out the hope of living better lives just by using our heads.

College capers Indiana University's Alfred Kinsey might enjoy the debut of "The Bedford Diaries" at 9 tonight on the WB, since the star is a college professor teaching a sexual-beha...

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