Sep 15, 2009 -
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/15/media-malpractice-tom-brokaws/
Media Malpractice: Tom Brokow's World Implodes
By Jeffrey Lord on 9.15.09 @ 6:08AM
Tom Brokaw.
With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Mr. Brokaw is considered perhaps the new "dean" of journalism. As such the former NBC News anchor is periodically summoned forth to assess the current world, an occasion that presented itself recently on the venerable NBC Sunday newser Meet the Press.
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Jul 28, 2009 -
The spinal cord, housed in the spinal backbone, consists of bundles of nerves that form a communication link between the brain and the peripheral nervous system. One important function of the spinal cord is to serve as the pathway along which neural impulses from the sense organs travel up to the brain and other neural impulses from the brain travel down to the muscles and glands. Most of the peripheral nerves connect with the central nervous system through the spinal cord, and thus are called spinal nerves.
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Jul 28, 2009 -
The Brain
The brain has always attracted psychologists because its physiological activity governs most behaviors. Made up of billions of neurons, the human brain is more intricate than any computer. Most of the behaviors described earlier were controlled by the brain.
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Jul 28, 2009 -
Our nervous system is divided into two parts: the peripheral nervous system, which receives messages from the sense organs and carries messages to the muscles and glands, and the central nervous system, which interprets and stress messages from the sense organs, decides what behaviors to exhibit, and sends appropriate messages for responding to the muscles and glands. Most of the behaviors involved in the above scenes are accomplished through the working of the central nervous system, which is composed of the brain and the spinal cord.
Thanks to the part of your brain that controls muscle coordination, the cerebellum, you are able to sit.
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Jul 24, 2009 -
I feel that in order to be in the best health you can be, you must first really understand how the body works, or at least the basics. This way when you go to your doctors you can actually talk to him or her in their language and understand what is going on. I have found that by simply knowing what is going on within my body and how things operate, I can come up with ideas for the doctor to check out.
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Jun 26, 2009 -
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells
By Crystal Gammon and Environmental Health News
New research has found that an 'inert' ingredient in the herbicide Roundup can kill human embryonic, placental, and umbilical cord cells.
Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
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Jun 11, 2009 -
Mental illness is a disorder of the mind. There are several different types of mental illnesses, with several disorders in each category. These vary from mild to severe and it is possible for these disorders to interrupt daily activities to the point that life becomes quite difficult.
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Feb 05, 2009 -
Fla. doctor investigated in badly botched abortion
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Associated Press Writer
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Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr.
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Apr 16, 2009 -
O the Kaluga region of Russia, where a female hairdresser is accused of holding an armed robber in captivity as a sex slave for two days after he unsuccessfully tried to rob her beauty salon.
According to Life.ru… the robber, a 32-year-old man identified… as “Viktor,” burst into the salon at around 5 p.m. waving a pistol and ordered all of the stylists and clients to hit the floor and toss him their money.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Thomas Beatie, the transgender "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is pregnant again.
In an interview with Barbara Walters, Beatie, 34, reveals that he is in his first trimester. The interview airs on ABC's 20/20 on Friday.
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