Expert Advice on Using A Public Restroom
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For many people, the cardinal rule of behavior regarding the use of public restrooms is: avoid them at all costs. Recent surveys suggest 65-70 percent of Americans will not use public facilities unless it is an absolute necessity. “Basically, everybody is fearful of public restrooms,” Lisa Bernstein, MD, of Emory University said. Her colleague, Charles […]
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Jonathan, the 190-Year Old Tortoise Teaches Us About Aging
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Meet Jonathan, a giant tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal. He was hatched in 1832 which makes him 190 years old – Andrew Jackson was in the White House and the first shot of the Civil War was still 19 years away. Jonathan’s age has recently made him a celebrity: when Guinness World Records […]
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“Regular Guy” Sandy Koufax Honored with Dodger Stadium Statue
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Sandy Koufax, the best left-handed pitcher in major league baseball’s modern era, is a fanatically private man. He has been described as reclusive, guarded, withdrawn behind a wall of amiability. Those descriptions come from the small circle who know him well. In the summer of 1966, his mother, Evelyn, found out Koufax was publishing an […]
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Toxic Inhalation from Burn Pits Echoes 9/11 Issues
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Smoke inhalation injuries can be silent killers. The symptoms may not be immediately visible or obvious. The impact of inhalation can take years to manifest itself. The 9/11 cataclysm taught us how hard it is to predict the long-term effects of toxic inhalation. The World Trade Center plume exposed approximately 500,000 people — firefighters, police, […]
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Death in the Onion Field: Sixty Years Later
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It was a routine traffic stop that plainclothes officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger did not need to make. The officers were playing a hunch, a daily occurrence in law enforcement. It was a hunch that was about to go lethally wrong. Parked in an unmarked Plymouth near the corner of Gower Street and Carlos […]
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