Spanish Flu Ward, 1918 This story was co-published with the New York Times. New York state health officials recently laid out this wrenching scenario for a small group of medical professionals from New York-Presbyterian Hospital: A 32-year-old man with cystic fibrosis is rushed to the hospital with appendicitis in the midst of a worsening […]
Does what you eat in the morning influence how you’ll do on a school or work exam?
Thousands of students from first grade through graduate school take exams ranging from quizzes to college entrance and state licensing assessments, but few know what’s best to eat in order to ace the test. According to an October 18, 2009 press release, "Eat to excel on exam day," from the Dietitians Association of Australia, healthy eating […]
Bay Area Toxic Tour: West Oakland
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The FaceBook Obama Poll: Another Liberal Terrorism Manuever?
It was reported earlier this week that the Secret Service is investigating a poll that was published by a third party provider on a FaceBook website account that apparently was seeking public opinion with respect to, it appears, Mr. Obama’s sinking approval ratings and his health care reform push capitalizing on the public’s rather widespread discontent of both the […]
Ashwariya Rai on a comeback trail with ‘Endhiran’
Where is Ashwariya Rai Bachan these days? The former miss world is shooting in the Nilgiri hills in south India for her forthcoming Tamil movie ‘Endhiran’ (the robot). Rai who made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film ‘Iruvar’ (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie ‘Jeans’ (1998) is […]
Bay Area Toxic Tour
The content below was produced by the Bay Area Toxic Tour Team. A collaboration between NewsDesk.org, Spot.Us with reporters Kwan Booth and Kim Komenich. You can help us continue the Toxic Tour. 94607: Oakland’s Childhood Asthma Hotspot by Kim Komenich Part of the Bay Area Toxic Tour For multimedia Check this YouTube Video West Oakland […]
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