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...rubbish gets sucked up into the ball area. This is a bad thing. Many mice rely on their balls for agility, speed and overall vitality. As rubbish and grime builds up in the ball area, our little friends suffer from symptoms ranging from sluggishness, jumpiness, paralysis and even chronic depression. Millions of mice each year are killed or severely crippled by Dirty Mouseball Syndrome (DMS). Here at Harvard, almost every mouse in every public-use computer lab has been afflicted by DMS in some...
...across the country, Brennan says, because people are catching on to the effects of indoor contaminants. Last week, a University of Maryland professor announced that certain molds, when inhaled, can attach themselves to the intestinal walls and cause flulike symptoms. A 1999 Mayo Clinic study attributed nearly all the chronic sinus infections afflicting 37 million Americans to molds. And that's just mold. Today's energy-efficient homes constantly recycle everything from combustion fumes to dust-mite allergens...
Though bullies commonly have high self-esteem, they tend to be victims of psychic damage as well. Most come from homes in which discipline is administered inconsistently or through physical means. They often fail to learn effective methods of problem solving, and by some estimates 1 in 4 chronic bullies will have a criminal record...
What becomes a legend most? Apparently these days it's a book about a battle with a chronic illness. Rumors swirled last week that bidding for MICHAEL J. FOX's memoir about his 10-year struggle with Parkinson's ended north of the $4 million mark. It will join bookshop shelves already bulging with brave tales of celebrity indisposition, including Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike, detailing his struggle with testicular cancer, and in September, Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught MS and Didn't Tell Nobody, by David Lander of Laverne & Shirley...
...patients treated had so severely damaged their corneas (the transparent layer that covers the iris) that conventional cornea transplants were no longer an option. Some 2,000 to 4,000 Americans suffer similar corneal scarring each year--from chemical burns, diseases or chronic inflammation, according to Dr. Ivan Schwab at the University of California at Davis, who led the U.S. team. The operation, however, cannot help those with congenital retinal or optic-nerve disorders...