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Health

Coffee: Not a Sin!

August 10, 2008

in Food, Health

Turning away from the Olympics for a moment, I felt I needed to draw attention to a wonderful article in the New York Times – Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions. Coffee is a good thing, like any food or beverage, in moderation. It has actual health benefits. Like red wine before it, coffee is getting rehabilitated. [...]

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World Water Day

March 20, 2008

in Expat Life, Health, Interesting

Today is World Water Day! This year is also the UN’s International Year of Sanitation!
To observe this day, march into your bathroom, stand before your throne and shower and throw your hands up in the air! Shout Hallelujah! You are among the few and the proud – earthlings with sanitation! Indoor toilets! Hot water!
You might [...]

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No Thank You!

March 6, 2008

in Health, International Affairs

Ummm, yeah, I’m gonna say no:
Group Seeks Volunteers to Get Malaria
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 5, 2008; 5:54 PM
SEATTLE — The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria. Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is [...]

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What is This?

December 6, 2007

in China, Health

A simple trip to the hospital. A grand total of 4 hours. A few thoughts to share. Or so I thought. I started to write my little post and 5 single-spaced Word document pages later, I realized I was not writing a post, I was writing a thesis.
It appears I have a lot to say [...]

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Weather – Again!

March 16, 2006

in Daily Life, Health, Restaurants, Shijiazhuang

I’m starting to feel like one of those old Southern men who gets together every morning with the other old men at the Dairy Queen or local coffee shop to talk about the weather… But WOW! Today the weather is so fantastic I have to blog about it. Besides, I have nothing else to blog [...]

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Beijing & The Medical Check-up

January 7, 2006

in Beijing, Daily Life, Health

Remember a blog entry or two ago I said that I had to go to Beijing for a medical check? Well, that was the start of a very interesting week. It was over a week ago. I went up in the company van with A., another wife. (I am no longer the only wife, there [...]

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Chinese Phlebotomy

October 27, 2005

in Daily Life, Health, Shijiazhuang

This morning I awoke bright and early to get some blood drawn. Just the sort of thing I love to wake up to. I’ve been meaning to get an Hepatitis A vaccine since we arrived, and finally the academy doctor organized a massive vaccination sweep for the whole academy. First, though, we had to have [...]

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