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...much. One of the doctors that I go to when I'm stumped has a screen saver on his computer that says, "Have you kept up with the literature today?" These are people who are constantly learning and adding to an already sizable knowledge base. And they have seen a lot. That's very important, because a disease on the page is so different from the disease in a person. (See the top 10 players in health-care reform...
...fail to learn from reality TV are condemned to repeat it. One of the thrills of a long-running reality competition like Bravo's Top Chef is seeing which contestants end up making the same old mistakes. As we go into Season 6 (debuts Aug. 19), we've now seen enough aspiring top chefs rise and fall like soufflés to offer some hints for the competitors...
...find it peculiar that Dick Cheney--who has never seen a battlefield in his life--would characterize Scooter Libby's plight as leaving a soldier on the battlefield [Aug. 3]. During the G.W. Bush Administration, I was struck by the fervor for military action from an inner circle who had largely not served in the U.S. armed forces. The odd man out during the drumbeat for war was Colin Powell, whose long military career included serving in Vietnam and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His voice of caution against entanglement in Iraq resulted in his getting pushed...
...Michigan TV: Even Worse Than We Thought Yet another reason to turn off the tube: the more TV time kids log, a study found, the higher their blood pressure is, regardless of weight--a spike not seen in connection with other sedentary behaviors like computer use. Researchers say the culprit may be showtime snacking, overstimulation and subsequent sleep loss, or exposure to junk-food commercials...
...vast array of matchmaking web sites, horoscopes are being replaced by income statements. Questions about family history are being dwarfed by questions about potential layoffs. And the U.S.-based, NRI (Non Resident India) groom - once the most coveted prize at the top of the Indian matrimonial hierarchy and seen by many families in India as their daughter's ticket to a better life - has become the latest casualty of the world's economic downturn...