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...hour's ride to the nearest hospital, where she was given pills and sent away. The girl died two days later. "Diarrhea has killed three of my children," she said. "I have been very unlucky." Now, she said, when one of her children gets sick, she heads straight to the village pharmacy and buys a course of zinc tablets. Though several of the five women's children have been sick in the past year, none has died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Mineral | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...Stairs were not easy. Neither was picking up my toddler. But both made me sore where I was hoping they would. The $110 EasyTones were cheaper and more normal-looking, but I preferred the $245 MBTs, in part because they have the added benefit of making me stand up straight. So though my posterior is still a work in progress, at least my posture kicks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping Women Get Their See Legs | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...independent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that most women delay routine mammograms until age 50 (instead of 40, as the panel advised in 2002). The task force cited enhanced analysis of the risks and benefits of screening as the reason for the new guidelines. But the recommendations went straight to the heart of the emotionally charged debate over the Democratic-sponsored health care reform legislation that is working its way through Congress. Republicans like Representative Marsha Blackburn charged that "this is how rationing begins. This is the little toe in the edge of the water." No one was more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mammogram Melee: How Much Screening Is Best? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Barrios recounted his efforts to “integrate” straight bars while a student at Georgetown University’s law school by encouraging his gay peers to go to local straight bars in large groups...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Barrios Speaks on Anti-Homophobia Activism | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Another hard-earned lesson from a ticket hardened by the campaign: "If you stand in front of the science center for 10 days straight, make sure you bring more than one mix CD. Better yet, stand next to the Asian American Brotherhood. Their iPod is limitless and their speakers are fabulous. Quite fabulous." More on the party after the jump...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Party Time With Your UC Leaders | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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