State & Lake

There is a “leaked” release of a supposedly new song featuring Akon with Whitney Houston.  According to a spokesperson for Houston, the song is not “a finished song at all.”  However, getting to the bottom of when the song was actually recorded and a release date produces a deafening “no comment.”
“Yes, your girl is coming [...]

Nothing stirs the ire of most today than to hear the words “boomer”, “Gen-X” and “Gen-Y”.  Many boomers fear the young people will run out of “billable hours” sooner than later at the rate their going.  One friend said she hears her Blackberry going off after she’s gotten herself into bed for the night.  “They [...]

I love the Bearssees but I really do love the moos.  Maybe the love comes from summer days spent in the South watching cows when I was young.  I don’t know what did it but I love their big eyes, gentle spirit and the way they seem to enjoy checking us out.
This little heifer pictured [...]

Living With Celiac Disease: To stay gluten-free, knowledge is relief -  Something seemingly as innocuous as a crouton flake in a bowl of soup can affect Diane Craig’s health.  The 60-year-old Carmichael resident encountered just such a hazard when she and fellow members of her celiac disease support group dined at a local chain restaurant.  [...]

What’s behind the whopping price tags on the newest generation of drugs - The story behind the production of Enbrel, Amgen’s popular rheumatoid- arthritis drug, provides insights as to why bioengineered drugs are so expensive. Enbrel costs about $1,500 a month  [Read More]

Gardasil Suspected in Australian Pancreatitis Cases - Australian regulators have been investigating several cases of pancreatitis that might be linked to the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil.  In the U.S., Gardasil has been the subject of numerous side effect reports, but both the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and its manufacturer, Merck & Co., continue to [...]

Raytheon’s cleanup history is a bit spotty - More than 90 federal lawsuits have sought to stick Raytheon with the cost of removing or cleaning up tainted soil. Residents of St. Petersburg’s Azalea neighborhood in April became the latest to seek legal help, seeking a quick cleanup of their community.  The pollution was first found [...]

Potentially Fatal Disease Going Unnoticed - Millions of Americans are living with a dangerous disease and don’t even know it.  More than 30,000 Hoosiers have lupus and 500 of those people live in Vigo County.  Despite the numbers, lupus remains an under-recognized health issue. Doctors want to educate the public on the dangers associated with [...]

Customers say company’s vitamins made them sick - After taking Total Body Formula, hair, nails fall out, joints ache.  At least 197 people in a dozen states — 53 of them in Georgia — were sickened earlier this year after taking the liquid supplement Total Body Formula. Their hair fell out in clumps, their fingernails [...]

Sarcoidosis, like many autoimmune illnesses, is hard to diagnose.  Alice Minyard is very aware of how this happens.  Recently diagnosed, Minyard believes she has been battling sarcoidosis for five years.
“I woke up one morning and thought I had the flu,” she said.
Two miserable weeks passed before Minyard got any relief — and the relief was [...]

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In a few weeks I will draw to a close my self-imposed mental exile.  As a gift to myself, I made a decision earlier in the year to not push myself too hard mentally and to lead a [...]