Apples, oranges, bananas. Apples, oranges, bananas. Sound familiar? If you find yourself grabbing for standard fare out of habit, but wishing for the exotic, then read on. Over the past twenty-five years, the number of vegetables and fruits sold in markets in North America has tripled – as well as the confusion about how to …
Q: Before my period, my breasts get extremely sore and swollen. What causes this? Is there anything to help the pain? A: Many women suffer from sore breasts before their periods. This is usually because they have fibrocystic breast changes, which is described as lumpy, bumpy breasts. To me, this is not a disease, because well …
For a lot of people, spring fever is a bit too literal—it means seasonal allergies. With plant pollen already afloat in much of the United States, many allergy sufferers are stocking their medicine cabinets with antihistamines, which control symptoms but can cause drowsiness, dizziness, and dry mouth. “Many of my patients are tired of the side …
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In the past two million years, North America has experienced the coming and going of ice ages. During the ice ages, the Chihuahuan Desert existed only in our modern-day Mexico, in the southernmost part of its current range. Then, about 11,000 years ago, the last ice age ended. Ice was piled a mile high over …
The story of the Mapuches (men of earth) is one of the most compelling in the history of South America. In a bloody general revolution beginning in 1599, the Mapuches drove the Spanish conquerors from their homeland. The Spaniards were never to regain a foothold in Araucania (South of Chile). And for 300 years, this …
For decades, scientists assumed that Antarctica‘s Lake Vida was entirely frozen — and devoid of life. But Peter Doran suspected there might be liquid water — and even life — at the bottom of the lake. Peter Doran is an Earth scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1996, he sampled the thick …
Top Ten List Of Most Embarrassing Subjects If there is one place you should to be able to say anything, it’s the doctor’s office. But a surprising new report finds many patients are often resistant to discuss important medical conditions with their doctor. As Dr. Dean Edell reports, not talking about something could result in …
The highly recommended boxwood cultivars are: 1. Buxus microphylla ‘Compacta’ – Grown since 1912, it is occasionally misnamed “Kingsville Dwarf from the Kingsville Nursery where this plant was first distributed. Annual growth averages ¼” to ½” which makes it the slowest growing boxwood. The small leaves average ½” long and less than ¼” wide. The …
I usually do a combination weight training and cardio workout every other day. But I just had surgery to remove my appendix. How soon can I go back to working out, and what should I do to get back up to speed? Your doctor is the best person to advise you on when it is …
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