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...Still, despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew and checkpoints that have snarled traffic across the city, daily bomb attacks and sectarian killings have continued. U.S. officials stress that the security campaign is a long-term one, and its effectiveness can't yet be gauged. The insurgency, of course, remains determined to make it fail...
...Which is why there are few office visits that cause a pediatrician more headaches than a child whose chief complaint is, in fact, headaches. Most childhood headaches can be attributed to the same things that cause adults' headaches, such as sinus infections, stress, allergies, migraines and eye strain. But as common as these etiologies are, the causes of headaches are myriad, and a careful practitioner must be able to diagnose the serious, albeit rare, causes as well as the common ones. So it is always with some reluctance that I approach headache patients, not because they are demanding but because...
...prescribed antibiotics for a presumed sinus infection as well as allergy medication. Her mother was pretty sure that the baby sister would not relinquish the hamster, but they would move it out of the family room. Meanwhile, Ashley promised to work out some of her stress on a treadmill and promised to return after exams so we could reassess her stress and headaches. But the waking up at night bugged me. Most teenagers, once asleep, don't awaken easily. So again I ordered a CT scan "to be cautious," and again it proved a caution worth taking. Ashley's brain...
...nature, the sweeter the food, the greater the calories. Humans have adapted over millions of years to seek out food that tastes sweet, and not just for survival. Eating sweets can reduce levels of stress hormones, calm babies and relieve pain. Some experts suspect, however, that our desire for sweet things has been reinforced--and perhaps even intensified--by our environment. Susan Schiffman, a professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical Center, has found that African Americans and Hispanics like their food significantly sweeter than the rest of the population--a result she suspects is from campaigns that market...
...very strange place that is very different from anywhere else, and I tried to capture some of that strangeness.” While Widdicombe admits her rehearsal went smoothly on Monday, the weeks preceding today’s oration were not without some stress or nervousness. After watching last year’s Class Day speakers, Widdicombe says she knew that she wanted to be one of the two Ivy orators for the Class of 2006. When she heard that a fellow senior had been named another one of the Class Day speakers, Widdicombe says she had to make...