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Neti

After looking at them for a while (and getting tired of sinus problems), we bought a Neti Pot.
They are always available at ONF, but within a day, all of them were sold out.  We wondered why, and it turns out that they were featured on Oprah last week.
So, we tried it out last night.  The [...]

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twisting the ankle away

so i sprained my ankle this afternoon.
was carrying some things to the car, stepped off the bottom step on jill’s front porch, and stepped into a hole.  twisted my ankle, fell down, intense pain.
ice pack, then x-rays, and it’s a bad sprain.  Right foot is now in a gelcast/sprint, and it still hurts like a [...]

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A drink a day keeps the doctor away

Daily tipple can bring health benefits — for men
Thu May 25, 2006 10:16 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Moderate drinking reduces the risk of heart disease but the beneficial effects of alcohol seem to work differently in men and women, Danish researchers said on Friday.
They found that for men drinking daily seems to have the biggest [...]

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news: Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study

Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study
16 Mar 2006 00:33:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Capsaicin, which makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, U.S. and Japanese researchers said on Wednesday.
Capsaicin led 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice to commit suicide in [...]

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gallery

I just updated the gallery software running on zenandjuice.com (URL: http://zenandjuice.com/gallery/).
If anyone had user galleries there previously, everything should be transferred over and updated to the new format. Let me know if there’s any problems.

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Some java each day may keep liver cancer away

Some java each day may keep liver cancer away
By Randolf E. Schmid
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - That hot cup of coffee may do more than just provide a tasty energy boost. It also may help prevent the most common type of liver cancer.
A study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily [...]

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cut your hair

made an appointment with maggie @ skysalon (theSalonFormerlyKnownAsMarekSalon) for today at 4:00pm. Jill & M’shell recommended her, so I’m sure it’ll be fly like sky.
this upcoming style is being brought to you courtesy of pavement
Darlin’ don’t you go and cut your hair
Do you think it’s gonna make him change?
I’m just a boy with a [...]

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the pain, the pain

just got back from a doctor’s appointment. i’ve had these skin tags randomly popup on my shoulders and neck. the doctor said they could be hereditary, and I finally decided to get them removed.
they just froze off around 20 of them, and they REALLY REALLY ITCH AND BURN.
Alas, I cannot touch them, scratch [...]

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dentist visit

I went to the dentist, and what did he see?
Good checkup, no cavities !
(as usual)

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here, in my head….

i havent been posting much in my blogs over the last few weeks… anything i’ve been needing to say, I’ve either kept to myself, or told to individually to friends and family. i’ve been working on changing medications…. or possibly even trying to function without them. Basically, I’ve been on zoloft for a [...]

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