Michael Amir Williams, former assistant to Michael Jackson, has filed a lawsuit with the late singer’s estate claiming lost wages due to the untimely death of the beloved superstar. A Disgrace to the King of Pop’s Memory? Michael Jackson’s former assistant is delusional if he thinks he’ll win his new lawsuit against AEG […]
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Questions About Marijuana: Is Pot Good For You?
I never smoked pot in junior high because I was convinced it would shrivel my incipient manhood. This was the 1980s, and those stark this-is-your-brain-on-drugs ads already had me vaguely worried about memory loss and psychosis
Depression: How Stress Takes Its Toll
ACUTE A response to imminent danger, it turbocharges the system with powerful hormones that can damage the cardiovascular system CHRONIC Caused by constant emotional pressure the victim can’t control, it produces hormones that can weaken the immune system and damage bones 1 A stress response starts in the brain… When the brain detects a threat, a number of structures, including the hypothalamus, amygdala and pituitary gland, go on alert: they exchange information with each other and then send signaling hormones and nerve impulses to the rest of the body to prepare for fight or flight 2 …and the body unleashes a flood of hormones…
The Best Universal Remote of All: Your Phone
In 1973, a Motorola engineer named Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone.
Reagan’s Daughter Patti Remembers Father: Grace Under Fire
Several years into my father’s journey down the narrowing road of Alzheimer’s, when he was still going out for walks, I looped my arm through his one afternoon and walked with him along a leafy street near my parents’ home. A few people recognized him, waved and called out, “Hello, Mr.
Notre Dame student killed while filming football practice
Notre Dame student killed while filming football practice The University of Notre Dame in Indiana will hold a special Mass on Thursday in memory of a 20-year-old student who died when a camera tower he was standing on fell over. Declan Sullivan, a junior from Long Grove, Illinois, was filming the college’s football team practice […]
Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ hits record stores
A newly-released Michael Jackson album is drawing devoted fans back to stores today, ahead of a week of celebrations in memory of the pop singer.
Experts Redefine Dementia as a Terminal Disease
Dementia is most often thought of as a memory disorder, an illness of the aging mind.
Hall & Oates celebrate career, influences
Ah, the ’80s.
"Where Memory and Hope Converge": The Funeral of Edward M. Kennedy
“The greatest expectations were placed upon Ted Kennedy’s shoulders because of who he was,” observed President Barack Obama in his eulogy, “but he surpassed them all because of who he became.” Thus did a sitting President honor the man who never became one, acknowledging that power is wielded in many ways. It was fitting that, in a church famous for its healing miracles, the funeral service was a celebration of private love, for the scarred and broken family he held together; of personal strength in the face of “a string of events that would have broken a lesser man”; and of a public life spent in merry battle. “While his causes became deeply personal, his disagreements never did,” Obama declared.