Sorry Birthday People I forgot to get it posted on the 1st. Happy belated
birthday to Renee and Rhonda and Happy upcoming birthday to the rest of you.
All I can say is it was the heat that made me forget, it burned out my brain
cells. ;-)

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PRODUCT WATCH
Menopause supplement may be a risky choice
June 26, 2007
Product:  Effisoy menopausal support supplement, $29.95 for 30 capsules.

Study Suggests Small Amount of Dark Chocolate Seems to Lower Blood Pressure
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 2000 PDT
CHICAGO, Illinois --  Here's some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark
chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than

I was just wondering about something.
I read that new weight loss pill Alli has a side effects that if you
eat large meals of high fat foods, you could have extremely severe BM
(bowel movement) problems that include total loss of control of the

Superfoods
Experts cook up a list of edibles that pack the greatest nutritional wallop
June 26, 2007
Skip the aspirin and instead have a giant helping of spicy curry? Forget

Just thought I'd toss this one out there and see what you think.  My
86 year old mom has rhumatoid arthritis which causes various intervals
of unbearable back pain.  Because she has diverticulitis as well, she
cannot take any products that contain aspirin.  So that has pretty

Would you believe, I found this site while looking for pictures of fire
apparatus.  <g>
http://www.shares.f9.co.uk/
These organisations provide information

Calendars of 2 FDA drug safety aides nearly blank
Sunday, July 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - For years, the public calendars of 2 top federal drug safety
officials were largely blank - devoid of the required detail about their

Models for life drawing classes are often entirely nude, apart from
inconspicuous personal items such as small jewelry. In a job
advertisement seeking nude models, this may sometimes be referred to
as being "undraped". In Western countries, there is generally no

Cherokee Indian Youth Rite
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage? His
father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is
required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold

Has anyone had trouble with blood in your urine, quite a bit from taking
mtx?  They can't find any other reason and the doctor has said that he has
read this can do that. I would think they would have some sort of test that
would tell them this. I am feeling like a guinea pig.

Hi everyone!  The second place we are staying has a laptop with
internet access for guests at a reasonable rate and I just couldn't
resist saying hello.  The keyboard is too different though, so I can't
deal with typing much.  Thank goodness for the medrol my RD gave me!

 Just another quick update regarding my progress (or more accurately,
my non-progress) with my partial knee replacement.
 It looks like my doc is going to have to do a manipulation.  My
physical therapists have tried to break things loose but no luck.

Woman Suing Over Starburst Candy Injury
Plaintiff Says Candy Caused Teeth To Stick Together
Thursday, June 28, 2007      0517PDT
BOSTON -- A Michigan woman is claiming that a sweet snack turned into her