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'Crack Consumes': Anti-Crack Ad Slowly Gets Eaten By Bugs To Show You The Damage Drugs Can Do
This is an anti-crack public service ad from Brazil that slowly gets eaten by mealworms to let people know that if you do crack, insects will come and eat your f***ing face off. Just like they taught us in D.A.R.E. The posters were actually made of thin sheets of dough instead of paper, to encourage the larvae to...
geekologie.com (17 hours ago)
Sherlock Holmes: The Best-Kept Secret – review
Sherlock Holmes is depressed. Still suffering physically and mentally from his encounter with Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he is refusing to take on any new cases and, to the chagrin of the ever-devoted Watson, is selling the secrets of his most famous successes to a grubby Fleet Street hack. Then his brother...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
This Ad Gets Eaten Away By Bugs To Show the Dangers Of Crack Cocaine
In an attempt to illustrate the harmful effects of using crack cocaine, Talent, a Brazilian ad agency, created a series of posters featuring images of addicts that are slowly eaten away and destroyed by Flour beetle larvae-or mealworms. The posters were actually made of thin sheets of dough instead of paper, to...
gizmodo.com (20 hours ago)
Khaled Hosseini sets 'And the Mountains Echoed' against Afghan history
A father's decision to give his 3-year-old daughter to a wealthy family in Kabul begins an almost 60-year Afghan history lesson as recounted by the characters in Khaled Hosseini's newest novel.Although Khaled Hosseini has lived in the United States since he was 15, he remains engaged in the struggles of his native...
latimes.com (21 hours ago)
Treating Scars: Which Remedies Work Best?
Dermatologist Whitney Bowe offers tips on how to treat injured skin. Some of the most basic treatments work better than others.
wsj.com (4 days ago)
Gareth Bale will test Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to the limit
MATT BARLOW: Tottenham need to act quickly. Reaching the Champions League is like a promotion and they missed out again, effectively beaten in the play-offs. It can leave scars.
dailymail.co.uk (4 days ago)
Graduating with scars of war
Mireille Kibibi's march to the graduation stage at Berry College was tough -- laden with the burdens of war.
cnn.com (4 days ago)
One Of Saturn's Moons Is Literally Made Of Fluff
Saturn has a lot of moons - and many of them are strange and inhospitable. But this might take the award for the weirdest of the lot. New Scientist has an interesting report about Methone, a shiny white satellite orbiting within one of Saturn's rings which is literally made of fluff. Spotted up close for the first...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Boston Marathon bombing victim looks forward to MBA
Brittany Loring, 29, will don her cap and gown to receive an MBA today and her law degree Friday at Boston College, with shrapnel still in her leg and scars on her face and neck from last month’s Boston Marathon bombings. She spoke to the Herald’s Christine McConville yesterday about her injuries and her future. “I...
bostonherald.com (5 days ago)
Painful story needs telling
Emily Favour's arms have no scars, and for that she is thankful.
azdailysun.com (7 days ago)
Young fire victim finds help in Hendersonville
Three-year-old Princess Malapitan walked up beside her mom, Dina, and took her hand. Her mother returned the gentle touch from her daughter, cupping the child's scarred hands. Princess, who lives in the Philippines, is visiting Hendersonville through the Gift of Life program, which operates in conjunction with the...
blueridgenow.com (8 days ago)
Bras, Bathing Suits and Button-Front Tops: What to Wear After a Mastectomy
Prosthetics and formsAfter a woman undergoes a mastectomy to remove one or both breasts, new clothes may be necessary to accommodate a sunken or asymmetrical chest and scars. Step one is to get a prosthesis (or breast form as it's also known). "A prosthesis can give the body balance," says Allison Carney, of the...
ivillage.com (8 days ago)
Okinawa Women Want Apology From Osaka Mayor
Women on Japan's island chain of Okinawa on Wednesday demanded an apology from an outspoken Japanese politician who suggested US troops there make use of its thriving sex industry. The comments from Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto earlier this week came as he also said "comfort women" -- who most historians agree were...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
'My children can see my scars. Everything else is mummy as she always was': Has Angelina Jolie...
From her late mother, Angelina Jolie inherited the acting bug and a commitment to humanitarian causes. But as the Oscar-winning actress explained in the New York Times, she also inherited a “faulty” gene, which dramatically increased her risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
independent.co.uk (10 days ago)
Angelina Jolie's mastectomy account raises awareness of gene testing
It was an extraordinarily public declaration of an incredibly private experience. But when Angelina Jolie took to the comment pages of the New York Times to declare that she had undergone a double mastectomy, she spearheaded a new awareness of gene testing as a guard against the possibility of breast cancer. Doctors...
guardian.co.uk (10 days ago)
Docs: Angelina Jolie's breast procedure not uncommon
Actress Angelina Jolie's revelation that she had a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of contracting, and dying of, breast cancer, drew both applause and raised eyebrows across the country. In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Jolie said she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation, which increases the risk of both...
newstimes.com (10 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better...
northjersey.com (10 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
CHICAGO (AP) - Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side...
yahoo.com (10 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better...
pjstar.com (10 days ago)
May 21 marks missing man, Peter Achermann's 86th birthday
WALKER - Staples resident Peter Achermann left his residence on July 24, 2009, to run errands and was last seen on Warner Road in Staples by the Crow Wing River bridge between noon and 1 p.m. His vehicle, described as a light blue 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon, was located off Crow Wing County Road 32, at the end of...
brainerddispatch.com (10 days ago)
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
New approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results
oregonlive.com (10 days ago)
Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy to reduce risk of breast cancer
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer. Health campaigners praised her decision to go public with the news, which she said was prompted by a desire to encourage other women to get gene-tested and to raise awareness of the options...
guardian.co.uk (11 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better...
sacbee.com (11 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better...
fresnobee.com (11 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better...
modbee.com (11 days ago)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
CHICAGO (AP) -- Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side...
ap.org (11 days ago)
Manuel Pellegrini must shed scars of Real Madrid failure if he is to succeed at Manchester City
Pete Jenson: Chilean was just the ring master of Real's circus, but he will need to do more to survive at City.
telegraph.co.uk (11 days ago)
Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer, and has gone public with the news to raise awareness. The actor has a defective gene, BRCA1, which significantly increases her risk of developing breast cancer, the disease that killed her mother at...
guardian.co.uk (11 days ago)
May 21 marks missin man Peter Achermann's 86th birthday
WALKER - Staples resident Peter Achermann left his residence on July 24, 2009, to run errands and was last seen on Warner Road in Staples by the Crow Wing River bridge between noon and 1 p.m. His vehicle, described as a light blue 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon, was located off Crow Wing County Road 32, at the end of...
brainerddispatch.com (11 days ago)
The New Retirement: Forget Being Rich, All We Want Is Peace of Mind
We may never tire of discussing lessons from the Great Recession, which hit two groups especially hard: Teens who saw parents lose a home or job, and boomers who saw their savings depleted at precisely the wrong moment in life. The kids’ scars are mostly emotional. Financially, they had little to lose; indeed they...
time.com (11 days ago)
