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...SUFFER IN SILENCE Surveys have shown that many patients don't tell doctors or nurses about their pain for fear of being labeled cranky or difficult or because they assume that their discomfort will go away. And yet, says June Dahl, professor of pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin, that reluctance can backfire. Left uncontrolled, the pain you thought was temporary can trigger a long-term chronic condition. It can also interfere with the healing process and lengthen your recovery time...
...election have left the Senate split 50-50, and until Vice President-elect Dick Cheney takes office Jan. 20, the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Al Gore '69 means the Democrats control the chamber--and its calendar. Although Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has expressed discomfort with advancing a full legislative agenda during these next two weeks, he should feel no qualms in bringing the McCain-Feingold bill to the floor so that the Senate would be forced to consider the measure in open debate. McCain believes he has the 60 votes to pass the measure...
...when I'm alone, I just stand there. I'm so used to boys opening doors for me." But the video isn't simply about dialogue. Buckingham follows her blind aunt, focusing the camera on a woman who cannot see she is being taped. Her project evokes irony and discomfort, employing a careful combination of images, sound and dialogue...
...undergraduates. "Back in 1997, it wasn't cool to be a black dotcom," says Patrick McElroy, president of Atlanta-based EverythingBlack.com a virtual meeting ground for more than 600 African American-owned websites. Dwayne Walker, 39, a veteran of Microsoft who runs Seattle-based ShopNow.com recalls the visible discomfort of white venture capitalists in 1995, when he was seeking backers for his site, which links 100,000 merchants with consumers. When people met him in the flesh, Walker says, "there was always the initial, 'Oh, he's a black...
...always sticking stuff up their nose, so they might as well try something good for 'em, right? The Grossan Nasal Irrigator, a (yikes) pulsating nasal douche, attaches to a WaterPik to clean the area where a common cold becomes a raging flu. Yes, a few people have complained of discomfort, but nasal irrigation is a staple of traditional Indian medicine, and it does improve ciliary function and keep sinus tissue moist...