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...also a strength because it gives us the tools to create a truly international disease-surveillance system. And the threat of a pandemic should remind us that we must fill the gaps in the creaky U.S. health-care system; during an infectious-disease outbreak, everyone will be at risk. "We live in one world, with one health," says Dr. Juan Lubroth, a senior officer at the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization...
...that could come of Survivor, what fruit might be born of the even bigger American Idol? Fox's answer: a musical-comedy series with current tunes and a young cast. Glee - debuting May 19 after Idol and then returning in the fall - is a delight but a risk: a devilish, exuberant comedy that manages to capture and subvert the Idol aesthetic at the same time...
...while the risk of seeing what's left of our savings vaporized is fading, the question becomes: How do we ever get back the money we lost...
...skivvies 10,000 to 20,000 IUs. Some vitamin-D advocates point to the vigorous use of sunscreen as the reason studies show that so many Americans don't get enough D. But we don't want taking advantage of the potential benefits of vitamin D to mean increased risk of contracting skin cancer. In addition to supplements, there are foods that naturally contain vitamin D (salmon, egg yolks, liver) and others that are fortified with it (milk, cereals, juices, breads). And, of course, there is always cod-liver oil. Good luck trying to get your kids to swallow that...
...need has intensified over the past 10 years. One part of the discourse focuses on the growing body of research that points to numerous health benefits of the chemical (actually a hormone): it can help prevent rickets in children and severe bone loss in adults and potentially lowers the risk of multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, cancer, heart disease, colds and influenza. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...