I hate fibro flares. Hate hate hate. Every time I breathe in I get a spike of pain from my shoulder joint to my collar bone. And I can't take Tramadol today because I've taken it too much lately and have to detox from it.

When water aerobics kicks my ass, I'm in a bad way.

Okay, I am officially in baaaaaad shape.

I couldn't keep up with the easy water aerobics class this morning. Couldn't get my energy up, couldn't keep my breath under control--not that I was out of breath, since I couldn't work hard enough to get out of breath!--and I'm feeling worse now than when I got in ( Read more... )

I heard recently that research has shown that women who suffer from migraines are 30% less likely to develop breast cancer. I'm not entirely sure it's a fair trade ( Read more... )

Who Spread False Tales of Heroism?

It's like Reagan/Oliver North all over again, except I actually kinda agreed with them. These guys are covering up for the sake of covering up.

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Do Breast Self-Exams Do Any Good?"

... Researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research, came to that ( Read more... )

The Neural Buddhists

[Tom] Wolfe understood the central assertion contained in this kind of thinking: Everything is material and “the soul is dead.” He anticipated the way the genetic and neuroscience revolutions would affect public debate. They would kick off another fundamental argument over whether God exists ( Read more... )

Lately my hands have been quasi-falling asleep when I'm lying down. If I'm still awake, I can feel a mild, shooting... not quite pain, but discomfort down the arms, somewhere between a pinched nerve and a tingle ( Read more... )

( TMI whining. Feel free to skip. )

French Bill Takes Chic Out of Being Too Thin

PARIS - In the capital of high fashion and ultrathin models, conservative French legislators adopted a pioneering law on Tuesday aimed at stifling a proliferation of Web sites that promote eating disorders with “thinspiration” and starvation tips ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned that I hate it when my shoulders are flaring? I usually sleep on my side, but lately either I can't fall asleep for the shoulder pain, or else I wake up in agony unable to move my arm ( Read more... )

Article on the HPV vaccine

"How am I going to be able to turn to my daughter when she's older and tell her, 'When you were younger, I had the chance of making sure you never got a certain type of cancer, and I decided not to do it' ?"

There ya go.

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100,000 dogs given second chance at life

Authorities in Indian-Administered Kashmir's main ( Read more... )