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86Best Birdwatching
Those who enjoy watching and identifying songbirds, shorebirds and birds of prey know certain areas have more plentiful populations than others. Bluebirds, for example, prefer to nest in enclosed spaces...
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73That Hollywood Smile
Many aging boomers, and those even younger, are looking in the mirror and not seeing the smile of their youth. Tea, dark alcohol, cigarettes, genetics can all cost you your pearly whites. For some who long for...
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75ADHD Drugs - Yes or No?
The 8-year-old, bright but struggling in school, begins a Ritalin "trial." Soon, though, the child psychiatrist switches the child to Dexedrine sustained release because the capsule can be opened, and the drug...
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82The ADHD Brain IS Different
The kid rockets around the room like a whirling dervish - in between staring off dreamily into space. It doesn't just happen once in awhile. It's every day. Yet some still call ADHD a "made up" disability...
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79Aches and Pains
As a young TV news reporter in the 1970s, I was often needed to help carry what was, at the time, very heavy equipment. In my first job in Scranton, Penn., the tripod was an oversized affair made of wood and...
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78Fascinating Fossils
Like many, I am fascinated by fossils - proof positive that earth existed many millions of years ago in very different form. Ohio, my birth state, was once covered by a shallow sea and is, now, a rich...
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76Sensory Stimulation and ADHD
Diagnosed at age 4 with ADHD, the first grader is struggling to conform in his first grade class. During "story time" - he plays with his hair or drums his fingers. Antsy to get up and move around, the boy...
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73Lap-Band Surgery
Beneath his quick smile were years of pain. The 29-year-old small town Ohio mayor weighed nearly 400 pounds. Since childhood, he'd endured taunts like "Tubby" and "Lardo." Finally, suffering from high blood...
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73USDA Food Pyramid
As baby boomers age and put on weight, the number diagnosed with diabetes is on the rise. Today's diabetes educators have a new weapon in their weight loss arsenal: the Food Pyramid, a common sense weight...
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85One-stitch Facelift
Here's a little not-so-secret. A lot of women in "glamour" professions, such as acting or TV news, have had "a little work done" to extend their longevity in jobs that value "youth." In recent years, more men...
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