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...shoeless and single file--through an elaborate, 40-ft.-wide labyrinth, painted in purple and white on canvas. Doron is the first to the center, where he is joined by his wife and kids. They sit together for several long minutes in meditation, then get up and walk the pathway out. "It's really relaxing, and I also love the metaphor--it's like a walk of life," says Hilary. "We're going to be near and far from each other but always together...
...rapid digestion of starches and sugars is “now implicated as part of the perilous pathway to heart disease and diabetes,” he said...
...larynx, pharynx and tonsil cancers. The explanation is not so farfetched: HPV-16 can transform normal cells in the mucous membranes--like those lining both the cervix and oral cavity--into cancerous squamous cells. How does HPV get to the mouth in the first place? The most likely pathway is oral...
Opioid painkillers, which include morphine and heroin as well as prescription products like Percocet, Percodan and Vicodin, are so dangerous because they are so seductive. They work by throwing up roadblocks all along the pain pathway from the nerve endings in the skin to the spinal cord to the brain. In the brain these drugs open the floodgates for the chemical dopamine, which triggers sensations of well-being. Dopamine rewires the brain to become accustomed to those benign feelings. When an addicted person stops taking the drug, the body craves the dopamine again...
...even more remote and challenging adventure, try the Chilai Ridge trail, a rugged pathway along the mountainous spine of Taiwan. The walk begins at Ho Huan Shan hostel, on the northern cross-island highway (#14) about 60 km from Puli. From the hostel hikers need four hours and a lot of stamina to reach the 3,200-m summit of Chilai Ridge. The ridge trail, which then proceeds due south over a succession of rocky outcrops, is regarded as the most dangerous trek in Taiwan, but is unrivaled in beauty. In some places the ridge is sharp as a knife...