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February 12, 2014
What’s in a headache?
A headache can be a difficult thing to put a finger on. What causes it? Is it a lack of caffeine? Is it stress? Is it posture? What about diet? Headaches never seem consistent enough to create a causal chain from source to effect. Even chronic headaches can be difficult to diagnose. Some headaches are relatively minor. Others — migraines — can knock you out for days.
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January 28, 2014
“Dizzy my head is spinnin. Like a whirlpool it never ends…you’re makin me dizzy.” — The Archies
By popular depiction, vertigo seems most at home in the world of cartoons. After a comedic encounter with an anvil, the character wobbles around with stars orbiting the head. In movies, you may have seen a camera go in out and of focus, or have the plane of sight shift back and forth. Whether or not you’ve had vertigo, you probably have an assumption about what it’s like to experience vertigo.
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January 9, 2014
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December 27, 2013
It’s that time of year again. Big holiday celebrations and the coming of a new year leave the body full and the mind cluttered with memories of the past year and aspirations for the future. It can only mean one thing come January 1: resolutions! A new year means a new you. But what does it mean to set resolutions and stay with them? Phyliss Bottome notes, “There are two ways of meeting challenges: You alter the challenges or you alter yourself to meet them.” What does 2014 have in store?
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