Porn, Good Bacteria, Abortion, and Africa

Holler. It's your boy Anonymous writing at you with some good material today.

1. "Level 2, Trauma Alert, Level 2 Trauma Alert" just played over the loudspeaker in the library, which is where I am sitting right this second.

2. I saw a patient today who looked the color of a yellow highlighter. She was jaundiced due to a pancreatic tumor.

3. SIERRA LEONE REFUGEE ALLSTARS IS A GREAT BAND THAT WAS FORMED IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA. CLICK ON THE CD BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS!



4. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT DARFUR?
http://darfurdarfur.org/


SOME NEHWZ.......
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1. "Altruistic Brain Region Found"
"Altruism - the tendency to help others without obvious benefit to oneself - appears to be linked to an area called the posterior superior temporal sulcus."

2. "I Got Elephantiasis In The UK"
"Overwhelmingly, elephantiasis affects people in tropical countries, but Trudy Lapinskis is a rare example of somebody who has never been to a tropical clime, and yet is afflicted by the condition."

3. "In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real"
"Pornography has long helped drive the adoption of new technology, from the printing press to the videocassette. Now pornographic movie studios are staying ahead of the curve by releasing high-definition DVDs. They have discovered that the technology is sometimes not so sexy. The high-definition format is accentuating imperfections in the actors — from a little extra cellulite on a leg to wrinkles around the eyes."

4. Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?
"Because of this knowledge, she is now equally certain, she slipped into years of depression, drinking and freebasing cocaine. One night when she was in her early 30s, she got as high as she could, lay down in the dark in a bathtub filled with water and slit her wrists. In her mind, all of her troubles — the drugs, the suicide attempt, the third and fourth abortions she went on to have, the wrestling match of a marriage she eventually entered — are the aftermath of her own original sin, the 1973 abortion."

5. Clinton Opens Her Campaign With Health Insurance Plan
"With a 4-year-old girl clutching her hand, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton began her newborn presidential campaign yesterday at a Manhattan health care clinic, announcing legislation that would significantly expand federal health insurance for Americans under age 18."

6. In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza
"In the year since the Dannon Company introduced Activia, a line of yogurt with special live bacteria that are marketed as aiding regularity, sales in United States stores have soared well past the $100 million mark, a milestone that only a small percentage of new foods reaches each year."