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...should all hope to die well. By that, I don't mean in the classic Greek sense of dying heroically, as in battle. I'm suggesting a much lower standard: just not dying badly. At a minimum, not dying comically-death by banana peel or pratfall or (my favorite, I confess) onstage, like the actor Harold Norman, killed in 1947 during an especially energetic sword fight in the last scene of Macbeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fine Art of Dying Well | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

According to Tsai, ADT helps to lower the amount of male hormones in the body and should work to stunt the growth of prostate cancer. However, the treatment also has widely known health risks...

Author: By Michael A. Peters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Profs Find New Link To Cardiac Disease | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

...twice in three months that U.S. officials have felt that way. "It's important in our dialogue that we understand what China's plans and intentions are," Negroponte said at a Sunday press conference before heading home. It's true that the U.S. continues to participate in periodic, lower-level meetings between Pentagon and Defense Ministry officials (the so-called Defense Consultative talks). But while he was CINCPAC commander, Admiral Fallon took some heat from critics in the U.S. who feel he was way too solicitous of his counterparts in Beijing, who some defense analysts believe remain overtly hostile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is China's Military a Threat? | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

...studying the results of his physical evaluation and a computer-generated chart showing how he transferred energy from his hips to his torso and then to his arms and eventually the clubhead, TPI found that because of his tight upper back, all the power he was generating in his lower body was being frittered away when it reached his torso. The solution? A shorter backswing that would allow him to compensate for his torso stiffness and maintain the power generated by his hips. "It was like a lightbulb turned on," McPhee says. "All of a sudden I was more solid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golf Game: Swing Science | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...prevention of obesity.” The study attributed toddlers’ weight gains to the consumption of fattier foods rather than lack of exercise. Many of the food items were high in calories, sugar, and fats, including trans fats. The researchers also linked increased TV viewing to a lower consumption of healthier foods, such as fruits and vegetables. Miller’s team said the fattier diets may have resulted from snacking while watching TV, or from the influence of commercials for unhealthy foods. The report was unveiled at the American Heart Association’s Annual Conference...

Author: By Jessica A. Estep, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Toddlers' TV Habits Harm Health | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

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