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...most important thing a woman can do, given the study's conclusion that a pelvic-floor disorder may be in her future, is to get better acquainted with the condition and its cures. Surgery is not the only treatment, Nygaard says. Rather, there is a wide range of other therapies, including drugs, lifestyle changes, biofeedback, pelvic muscle exercises and medical devices that relieve prolapse without surgery. Nygaard, a past president of the American Urogynecologic Society, suggests visiting the group's website for a guide to the disorder and helpful advice for women...
...proprietor of the little Scarborough hotel where I was staying - a maternal Scottish woman who apologized sweetly for the lack of Internet service - stopped by my breakfast table to ask what I thought of the play I'd seen the previous night. "It's one of Alan's, isn't it?" she said. Then, after hearing my favorable review, she added a bit wistfully: "I don't know what we'll do when he retires completely. It won't be the same without...
...send-off. Over the summer, the Stephen Joseph Theatre showcased three of Ayckbourn's supernatural plays: revivals of the spooky Haunting Julia and Snake in the Grass, and the world premiere of the more comic Life and Beth. Following them this month is a revival of his 1985 tragicomedy Woman in Mind, and, in December, the premiere of his new musical, Awaking Beauty. Meanwhile, the Old Vic theater is welcoming Ayckbourn back to London with a revival of his most celebrated work, The Norman Conquests: his 1973 trilogy about a traumatic family weekend, with each play covering the same time...
...example, I met one Srebrenica victim who seemed almost staid about her traumas, as if the loss of her husbands and sons was just a bad memory, like a bad grade on a test. This woman could not speak English, and of course I did not speak BCS (Bosnian, Croat, Serbian), so we greeted each other with “As-Salamu Alaykum” (Peace be upon you). She pointed to her T-shirt, which indicated that she was in the “Mothers of Srebrenica” group, and when I looked at her again I could...
...woman who is an undergraduate at Boston University said that she was the victim of an unarmed robbery while walking down Garden Street at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, according to a community advisory sent by Harvard University Police Department yesterday. The victim was traveling from the Radcliffe Quadrangle to Harvard Square when she was struck from behind by an assailant. The victim fell to the ground while the suspect fled the area after taking the woman’s iPod, digital camera, and wallet. The victim, who was not seriously injured, could not provide HUPD with a description...