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I enjoy the reliable consistency of my ability to make people say "um... what?" I have danced on stage with Bono, and I can walk barefoot over hot summer asphalt. I am a great admirer of people who just want to be cool in the world, and I like to write. Education/Experience: B.A. English. Studied the teachings of Dr. Seuss and Jim Henson. Schoolhouse Rock. Interests: All things involving sunshine and large bodies of water. Yoga, running, and every once in a while I try to write something. Motto: Excuse me, may I please use your restroom? Affiliations: Harvard Medical School URL |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has become fairly well known over the past decade because of its association with "mad cow disease." This association is misleading, however. The cases caused by BSE exposure...
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The ability to live by the golden rule may be displayed in an MRI of the brain, according to a new study.
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An Irish study had concluded that people who own dogs are healthier than those who do not. Cat owners enjoyed no such health benefits.
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As a child of adoption, and a pediatric healthcare professional, I would like to provide some advice to parents of adopted children. Negative feelings and fears about your children's birth parents are...
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As a child of adoption, and a pediatric healthcare professional, I would like to provide some advice to parents of adopted children. Helping your adopted children to understand their special place in ...
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As a child of adoption, and a pediatric healthcare professional, I would like to provide some advice to parents of adopted children. Talking to your adopted children early can make their transition in...
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As a child of adoption, and a pediatric healthcare professional, I would like to provide some advice to parents of adopted children. The inevitable questions your children will have about their birth ...
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As a child of adoption, and a pediatric healthcare professional, I would like to provide some advice to parents of adopted children. The language you use frames other's perceptions about adoptive fami...
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian says that he would follow the law and place his energy into advocacy for patients' rights to die, and not into the actual assistance he provided them in achieving that goal, if give...
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Euthanasia and all forms of a patient's right to terminate his or her life, or have his or her life terminated by another in the interest of ending suffering, are considered in the argument about a pa...
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Cold and flu season- it is that dreaded time of year when we all cross our fingers, take our Vitamin C, and hope for the best. "Not this year," we plead with our immune systems, "just get me through t...
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) is the most common form of arthritis found in children. It can cause discomfort and damage to the joints, muscles, and to the other soft tissues around the joints.
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There is new evidence in support of a physiological basis for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Researchers have found evidence that babies who die from SIDS have similar abnormalities in their bra...
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a rare psychiatric disorder in which parents fabricate illnesses in their children, sometimes even going so far as to cause them physical harm and even death.
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Wikipedia entries are usually updated by intrepid users within hours or even moments of new information disseminated about the topic at hand, and vandalism and abuse are apparent. This ain't your fath...
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My friend Ryan was consumed by his caloric intake and distressingly underweight. Like many men, Ryan's struggle to find support for his eating disorders was hampered by the perception that eating diso...
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The parents of the two missing boys who were reunited with their parents Friday held two news conferences today. "We're just ecstatic" says Ownby's mother.
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Ben Ownby, 13, missing since Monday, and Shawn Hornbeck, 15, missing over four years, were recovered today. Both boys are home safely with their families.
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Echolalia is the repetition or echoing of verbal utterances made by another person. In Norman's case, the echolalia was considered to be compulsive, and not communicative. As it turned out, there was ...
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Credit card debts are helping to keep so many Americans mired in seemingly insurmountable debt. With a little time and diligence, however, most people can not only get out of debt, but can make their...
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I was horrified to hear about the amount of money an employee was throwing away every month on credit card interest fees. There is absolutely no reason to pay credit card interest anymore, and the ans...
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is child abuse. How can healthcare professionals ensure the safety of their patients without misdiagnosing this devastating, ambiguous disorder?
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I, along with several billion of my accomplices, am a member of an underground society that likes to watch other people fall down. This was a big week for people falling down.
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Saddam Hussein was executed today, by hanging, in his native Iraq.
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Pseudoseizures are a physical manifestation of an emotional disturbance. They resemble epileptic seizures, but, unlike the seizures caused by epilepsy, they are not caused by electrical disruptions in...
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Endometriosis is a painful condition that affects girls and women of reproductive age. Currently there is no cure, and more and more, patients are turning to therapies like acupuncture to try to mana...
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Endometriosis is a disease of the female reproductive organs and pelvic area. It affects approximately 5.5 million girls and women in the U.S., and approximately 70 million worldwide.
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The mitochondria are parts of every cell of the human body, except the red blood cells. There are over forty different recognized disorders that are identified as mitochondrial diseases, with varying...
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Lisa's dramatic mood and behavioral changes had, for years, caused her problems in her personal and professional life. She shares her journey with bipolar disorder- through diagnosis, acceptance, and...
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Cardiomyopathy is a potentially serious disease of the heart muscle, in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and cannot work properly. There are four distinct forms of cardiomyopathy, with varying...
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Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome is a disorder of the electrical conducting system of the heart, which regulates the heartbeat. LGL causes people living with it to experience rapid heartbeats, heart palpi...
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Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, and is indicated by a rapid and erratic pulse. Although there are a host of serious conditions that can be caused by ...
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As if Africa is not already devastated enough by the AIDS virus, recent studies have shown that malaria, another disease that has ravaged the continent, interacts with the AIDS virus in a manner that ...
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A teaching hospital is a hospital that affiliated with a university medical school and provides the clinical training of the medical students of that university. What follows are some pros and cons of...
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As the ever-evolving face of healthcare in the United States continues to change the ways in which we receive our healthcare, the choices we make in our healthcare settings can play a significant role...
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What follows is a brief explanation of what hydrocephalus is, in layman’s terms, and a description of some of the tests that may be ordered to determine whether or not you have the condition.
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A lumbar puncture is a procedure in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is collected through a needle, and the CSF pressure is measured. This article will describe the procedure in simple terms and prepa...
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Guillain-Barré syndrome is a serious inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system that causes a rapid onset of weakness and paralysis of the muscles of the legs and arms, and can progre...
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A biography of a true musical maverick, Peter Gabriel.
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Twenty-six, 6-13, softly beating hearts
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A group of ten year old students from Dublin, Ireland have provided some of the most sensible advice for making the world easier for people who are blind.
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Need a little good old Southern pathos with your rock? Looking for a little twang for your thang? Check out the Old 97's.
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A penis gained, a penis lost. It's been a hard few weeks for the recipient of the first ever penis transplant, who opted to have the organ removed after serious objections to the new member were levi...
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Whether writing songs about relationships, politics, philosophy, or composing music for movie soundtracks, there is intensity to Peter Gabriel's music that is consistent, and his compositions are insp...
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Covering a Leonard Cohen song should be mandatory for every talented recording artist. Accept Leonard Cohen, that is.
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Notice to would-be bank robbers: an exploding crotch will hamper your efforts every time!
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Steve Irwin bearded the lion in its den, and was killed by a bunny rabbit.
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If you are concerned about your neutered dog's ability to hold his head up high around his buddies at the local fire hydrant each night, help may be at hand. Perk your pooch right up with a nice new ...
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In this article I will attempt to describe some of the misconceptions and misunderstandings about blindness, and hopefully provide some clarification for people looking for more information.
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Is Jesus making house calls? When Rhonda Hodge, of Pittsburgh, PA, underwent an MRI of her spine, she was startled to discover an image of Jesus in the film. "My neck does feel better." Hodge says. ...
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Retinitis Pigmentosa is a hereditary eye disease that primarily affects the field of vision of the person afflicted, but also compromises color and light perception and visual acuity.
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Word of advice, just let the mannequins be! They're mad as hell, and they're not going to take it any more!
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The British felt that they were just the blokes to discover, scientifically, what the funniest joke in the world is. In the interest of preserving the integrity of this column, however, I feel compell...
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Want to live long and be happy? You're in luck! Health and happiness go hand-in-hand, and we've got the nuns to prove it!
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Controversy raged this week about the appearance of a big old breast on the cover of a wholesome U.S. magazine. What's all the fuss about?
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Boston's Big Dig highway construction project is 12.6 billion dollars over budget, has been clogging city traffic for 15 years, and is beleaguered by damage caused by shoddy construction. Now, the Bi...
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Ready to learn while you laugh? "The Straight Dope" is a website and weekly syndicated column in which writer Cecil Adams answers questions about, well, everything. It can get strange. Delicious! ...
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The tragic death of Boston resident Milena Del Valle has the city of Boston outraged about the shoddy condition of the construction of the notorious Big Dig project, and the political dealings that ma...
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Celebrity criminal convictions are good for television. What says Reality TV more than "Celebrity Community Service?"
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In the first ever veto issued by the President, after 5½ years in office, embryonic stem cell researchers and patients living with myriad diseases and debilitating conditions were disappointed in...
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. This article will explore the three causes of Down syndrome.
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. What follows is an account of my very close relationship with someone wi...
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. This article will explore many of the frequently asked questions (FAQ) a...
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. This article will explore myriad and varying needs of people with Down s...
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. This article will explore the various characteristics of people with Dow...
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cells of the developing fetus. This article will explore the methods of diagnosing Down syndrome.
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder. As the result of an extra copy of chromosome 21 that the developing fetus possesses, the child with Down syndrome has physical, medical, and cognitive disorde...
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This week, the FDA approved Atripla, a new HIV drug that could significantly decrease the inconvenience and confusion of people currently combining medications in HIV drug cocktails.
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Here are ten things that migraine sufferers can incorporate into their lives to help manage their attacks. Five can be done almost anywhere, at almost any time, and five take a little more organizatio...
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Can a migraine sufferer see a migraine headache coming before the aura starts? There are some discernible patterns and behaviors before the aura, often up to twenty-four hours before. Sometimes, even ...
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Do we really relax in the summer time any more? It seems we work as hard at our relaxation as we do at our jobs. We're looking for rejuvenation and come out exhausted for our efforts. Here are a few i...
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The late actor Christopher Reeve was a tireless advocate of stem cell research in the last decade of his life. The results of a new study our of John's Hopkins Medical School may bring his dream close...
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The results of a recent study may have some migraine sufferers hopeful that relief may be at hand. According to a group of researchers from the Ohio State University Medical Center a new magnetic devi...
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Members of the consumer health watchdog group Public Citizen's Health Research Group are nonplussed by the claims of five companies that they can help people to stop smoking through the use of low pow...
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According to a recent Canadian study, men are more likely to be homosexual if they have biological older brothers.
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A new study conducted by a team of researchers from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center reported findings that overweight children are more prone to suffer from severe headaches than the...
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The latest ad campaign to get me to open my wallet up wide and say "ah" was for the Magic Eraser by Mr. Clean, a Procter and Gamble company. I picked up a box of these little sponges that claim to be...
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The Bissell Flip-It claims to vacuum your floors, wash them, and them wet vac them dry again with just one lightweight machine. I purchased a Bissell Flip-It and checked out what it could do.
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In a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore, MD, rats that had been paralyzed were able to regain partial use of the paralyzed limb through the use ...
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The newest of its "home robots," the iRobot Scooba is a floor washing robot that preps, washes, scrubs, and dries sealed hardwood, linoleum, and tile or marble floors. I took the Scooba out for a test...
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In a recent study conducted by researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, drinking beer was shown to have potential promise in preventing prostate canc...
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Google has expressed consternation about the Chinese search engine they've introduced that would include filters designed to censor topics the Chinese government consider unacceptable. China reiterat...
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One of the devastations of Traumatic Brain Injury is that it can have a similar effect on the brain to that of a tornado touching down in a Mid Western town. One structure can be completely decimated ...
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A study published by researchers in Oakland, CA suggests that drinking coffee may reduce the likelihood of developing cirrhosis of the liver in alcohol drinkers.
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This week, we review the signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease, investigate the correlation between high fructose corn syrup and obesity, and meander down a murky path with a "smoking degenerat...
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With the approach of the Summer Solstice (June 21), my thoughts turn toward summertime fun! The Red Cross would like your summer to be safe and healthy, and they have a list of tips for keeping your ...
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In the results of a pilot study conducted by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center released June 4, 2006, Yoga was found to help women going through radiation therapy for the treatment o...
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According to Allerca, a San Diego based biotechnology company, they have developed the world's first allergen-free cats. If they can swing the hefty price, even the severely allergic may be able to h...
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After over two years working it's way through the court systems, a fight that started in an Indian Enrollment Committee has ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the Court refusing to intercede on beh...
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Classified as an endangered species, Plovers are afforded protection and their natural habitats are guarded from intrusion. In Ipswich, Massachusetts, however, the Piping Plover chooses to nest in th...
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What do you get when you mix a wide expanse of the Canadian landscape, one rented minivan, a couple of young newlyweds, the bride's parents, her pissed off sister, her flatulent brother, near anaphyla...
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My husband and I discussed who to contract to take care of the installation of my wireless Internet. We decided to give the Geek Squad a try. What follows is a review of the service they provided.
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Stressing the benefits of traditional therapies, particularly acupuncture and herbal medicines, Prince Charles addressed the WHO and encouraged them to think twice about relying primarily on Western m...
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In this week's Health and Wellness category, I found interesting and informative submissions on minimizing sinus discomfort on airplanes, summer food safety, and self-injurious behavior in academicall...
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A new study released June 8, 2006 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA reports that the incidence of high school students engaging in risky behaviors is lower than it...
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When you're writing for the Internet, different rules will apply than those for print publications. The powers that pay are looking for you to generate traffic to their site. Keyword density is your l...
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Father's Day is fast approaching and if your Dad is anything like mine, you've got an unsung hero to shop for, who wants for nothing. Let's see if we can find him something special and a little out of...
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This week, some fascinating submissions to the Health and Wellness Category caught my eye. Articles about home safety, the benefits of bee pollen, and two new submissions from a new AC writer added so...
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On June 1, 2006, the DOH and The World Trade Center Health Registry rolled out a program to re-survey people located in the immediate vicinity of the WTC attacks to attempt to get a clearer picture of...
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Health and Wellness is such a diverse category. This week I found quality submissions exploring the free will of smokers by D. Howard, information about the use of biofeedback by Maisah Robinson, and...
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May 31, 2006 will mark the 19th annual World No Tobacco Day. Started in 1988, the event is held annually on May 31st to call attention to the seriousness of the effects that the use of tobacco have on...
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CRACK! The contents of two, full glasses flew up into the air, tipped their hats to gravity, and fell back down on top of your beleaguered bride and groom, drenching them in beer and (thankfully) whit...
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After electricians, children make up the demographic most likely to be affected by an electrical injury. The consequences of these accidents can be unpredictable and hard to diagnose.
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This week, the American Diabetes Association strenuously urged the United States Senate to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, which would shift the government's involvement in the is...
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A look at Scott Kessman's "What you Need to Know Before Getting a CAT Scan" and Midwestgirl's "Dolphin-Assisted Therapy: Can Dolphins Make You Healthy?"- two noteworthy Health and Wellness submissions...
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