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• Saving the World from Terrorist Breastfeeding Toddlers

  An Atlanta, Georgia suburb is fighting one of the most pressing causes of our era — children who breastfeed past twenty-four months. Because breastfeeding... Read more

  The 24 May 2011 by   Torontoemerg
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• Hormone Deficit Disorder: HDD and ADD in Menopause

  

  Memory loss and brain fog swirling through my head are sadly not the only afflictions visited upon my poor mind with menopause. Oh no, seems it wasn’t enough... Read more

  The 21 May 2011 by   Lynettesheppard
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• New Rapid DNA Technology

  

  The recent killing of Osama bin Laden and the very rapid determination of his identity through DNA and other techniques has generated a great deal of... Read more

  The 08 May 2011 by   Dplylemd
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• Question and Answer: In 1863, Could An Autopsy Accurately Determine the Cause...

  

  Q: I am a writer trying to figure out what, if anything, a 19th century physician (actually the book is set in 1863) in a provincial Canadian backwater might... Read more

  The 01 May 2011 by   Dplylemd
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• Cure for Epilepsy?

  

  If you know anyone who has a child with epilepsy, you have got to forward this story. It is incredible. I have never heard of a diet that is preventing... Read more

  The 22 April 2011 by   Newsanchormom
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• Thrilled to Death

  

  The ride of your life in the form of euthanasia roller coaster. A thought-experiment where art, pop culture and end-of-life issues meet. I know some people who... Read more

  The 21 April 2011 by   Torontoemerg
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• Empathy

  

  Empathy is the hallmark of every nurse’s practice. It’s the concious act of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes in order to validate the patient’s... Read more

  The 19 April 2011 by   Torontoemerg
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• Question and Answer: Will Electroshock Therapy Help My Depressed Character?

  

  Q: I need to know about shock therapy for depression. One of my characters is severely depressed and has tried all the medications. Is shock therapy still... Read more

  The 11 April 2011 by   Dplylemd
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• LSD Flashbacks

  

  Evidence for “hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.” After taking a dose of mescaline in 1898, the writer Havelock Ellis reported that he experienced a... Read more

  The 24 March 2011 by   Dirkh
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• What I Did Yesterday

  

  Where I grew up, it was traditional to start seeds on St. Patrick’s Day. Which is what I did: tomatoes, peppers both hot and sweet, eggplant, basil — no such... Read more

  The 18 March 2011 by   Torontoemerg
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