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Q & A: A Charley Horse in Bed
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, The New York Times, June 9, 2009
Q. Why does one get muscle cramps while sleeping or resting?
A. In most cases, there is no apparent cause for hard knots in the muscles, usually in the calves, that are not associated with vigorous exercise, medical authorities say. Nighttime attacks of leg cramps are quite common, especially in older people, and can be very painful though usually not dangerous.
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The Doctor’s World: Is This a Pandemic? Define ‘Pandemic’
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., The New York Times, June 9, 2009
After decades of warnings about the inevitability of another pandemic of influenza, it is astonishing that health officials have failed to make clear to the public, even to many colleagues, what they mean by the word pandemic.
Generations of people have used the term to describe widespread epidemics of influenza, cholera and other diseases. But as the new H1N1 swine influenza virus spreads from continent to continent, it is clear that a useful definition is far more complicated and elusive than officials had thought.
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Basics: Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything
By NATALIE ANGIER, The New York Times, June 9, 2009
If you wanted to push yourself to the outermost chalk line of human endurance, you might consider an ultramarathon, or a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean, or being nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
Or you could try studying the long-beaked echidna, one of the oldest, rarest, shyest, silliest-looking yet potentially most illuminating mammals on earth.
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By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, The New York Times, June 9, 2009
Q. Why does one get muscle cramps while sleeping or resting?
A. In most cases, there is no apparent cause for hard knots in the muscles, usually in the calves, that are not associated with vigorous exercise, medical authorities say. Nighttime attacks of leg cramps are quite common, especially in older people, and can be very painful though usually not dangerous.
( Read More )
The Doctor’s World: Is This a Pandemic? Define ‘Pandemic’
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., The New York Times, June 9, 2009
After decades of warnings about the inevitability of another pandemic of influenza, it is astonishing that health officials have failed to make clear to the public, even to many colleagues, what they mean by the word pandemic.
Generations of people have used the term to describe widespread epidemics of influenza, cholera and other diseases. But as the new H1N1 swine influenza virus spreads from continent to continent, it is clear that a useful definition is far more complicated and elusive than officials had thought.
( Read More )
Basics: Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything
By NATALIE ANGIER, The New York Times, June 9, 2009
If you wanted to push yourself to the outermost chalk line of human endurance, you might consider an ultramarathon, or a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean, or being nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
Or you could try studying the long-beaked echidna, one of the oldest, rarest, shyest, silliest-looking yet potentially most illuminating mammals on earth.
( Read More )
