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...will jump 525% by 2030. You read correctly: 525%. This prediction comes out of a paper presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Hip replacements? Those will more than double, rising from 285,000 to 573,000. And the money spent on these procedures is expected to reach $65.2 billion by 2015, putting a huge burden on federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, which pay for about 60% of U.S. joint replacements...
...living in one of the happiest places on earth make me happy? Having lived in a dozen cities and some 30 flats in the past 10 years, I'd spent more than a little time wondering about the connection between place and peace, and whether I'd be happier in the next place. I can't remember what my answer was that day with Weiner in Reykjavík, but, like a typical American, I recall vividly not wanting to come off as unhappy. If he asked me the same question today, I probably still wouldn't be able...
...activism on campus, when hosting general discussions asking questions such as “Is there anything good about being gay?” was considered radical.Some students find themselves torn between two identities—their sexuality and their ethnicity—particularly for those who spent time building social circles within ethnic groups where homosexuality carries a stigma. “Many people who are black and gay feel they are not welcome in the black community,” says Brooks, who is one of few white members of the Black Men’s Forum...
...disobedience against monarchy - the flawed national policy of his day. In a similar spirit, we offer a small idea that is, perhaps, no small idea. It will not solve the drug problem, nor will it heal all civic wounds. It does not yet address questions of how the resources spent warring with our poor over drug use might be better spent on treatment or education or job training, or anything else that might begin to restore those places in America where the only economic engine remaining is the illegal drug economy. It doesn't resolve the myriad complexities that...
...President" sweatshirt and went to work on her own. "We would basically just meet in peoples' houses and talk about what we can do on a shoestring budget, because people were talking money out of their own pockets," she said. "That hoodie was probably the best $35 I ever spent. It's my trademark...