I'm three weeks past having my gallbladder removed laparoscopically
(sp?) and as the stones were a bit big the wound that's now healing
was a bit bigger than normal or so I was told. So everything was a
breeze but I look at it this morning and I have the end of the string

A friend, now about 45, has been taking medication for her epilepsy
for most of her life. For last 6-12 months her ankles have become very
swollen. She suspects there might be a connection. Is there any
substance for that?

    We must not permit rubber doll makers to use this perfume
Scent 'restores youthful allure'  
A chemical can boost women's sexual attraction
A mystery chemical signal that young women give off appears to work

Red Meat Consumption Linked To Colon Cancer Risk  
January 11, 2005
Two new published studies examining diet and cancer have linked high
red meat consumption to an increased colorectal cancer risk, while

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/26/meth.coldmedicine.ap/index.html
Is this crazy or what?
moo

"In a recent Israeli study, episodes of anger and hostility were linked
to an increased risk of strokes -- something long recognized by folk
wisdom, which has employed the word "apoplectic" as a synonym for
enraged. Apoplexy is an archaic word for stroke."

I suffered from an intense bout, of quite traumatic depression a few
years back. Whilst the actual depression seems to have lifted, I still
suffer depressive symptoms (maybe this means the depression is still
around,but at a lower level, which makes it possibly more dangerous

A friend of mine has a son who never had shown a sign of autism, and they
have nurses in the family who might have detected such. Within 10 minutes of
being injected with the MMR vaccine, he had a 104 degree fever and commenced
incessantly screaming and crying; this lasted 10 hours. ...

as middle age sets in, i find my eyebrows growing longer and more
irregular and, yes, my nostril hairs growing embarrassingly long too.
what accounts for the increasingly disorderly body hair as one ages?

Parents' Smoking Can Kill Children Years Later
Secondhand smoke in home linked to adult lung cancer
FRIDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Here's one more study that shows
smoking is bad not only for the health of people who light up but also

I lurk here, but I am so fed up with the crying about being circ'd.
Get over it. It was a useless piece of flesh to start with, like the
appendix. Those that continue to cry about it have too much time on
your hands. Don't you think it's better to count your blessings on

Theoretically if you were to take Xenical so your weight did not go
up, and take Lipitor so your cholesterol remained normal, would that
mean you could eat everything to your hearts content without ever
having any health problems? Just wondering :)

'Mad cow' disease found in goat  
Goat meat is subject to the same strict controls as beef
A French goat has tested positive for mad cow disease - the first
animal in the world other than a cow to have bovine spongiform

Can anyone provide any insight on the following...
My mother-in-law's skin get very red (even purple) whenever she is
exposed to cold weather.  Upon examination of her skin during cold
weather, it seems that this redness/purple color is emanating from

Turns out confusion and weakness in my dad caused by a virus, not a
bacterial infection, which is even worse, since nothing to do for it.
thanks anyways