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06 Aug 08

Boredom May Let the Brain Recast the World in Productive, Creative Ways

'research suggests that falling into a numbed trance allows the brain to recast the outside world in ways that can be productive and creative at least as often as they are disruptive'

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When a Free Yearly Clinic Is Your Only Health Care

'This year, more than 1,800 volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses and assistants descended on the small town near the Kentucky border, setting up enormous field-hospital-style tents in which they saw roughly 2,500 patients over the course of two and a half

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04 Aug 08

C.D.C. Team Investigates an Outbreak of Obesity - New York Times

"[The CDC] has sent a team of specialists into a state, West Virginia... [t]he state ranked third in the nation for obesity - 27.6 percent of its adults were obese, compared with 20.4 percent in the country as a whole."

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31 Jul 08

Waitresses' war on heels

The cocktail waitresses of the Nevada casinos ... have formed an organisation to campaign for more sensible footwear.

The Kiss My Foot Coalition has already persuaded casinos in Reno to allow them to lower their heels.

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