Cancer: The War We Really Need to Fight

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Progress has been made in War On Cancer, But Still Many Challenges

We seem to be waging war on many fronts: drugs, crime, illegal immigration, drunk driving, Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorists in general, terrorism on airplanes in particular. But our most serious war -- the one most likely to affect all of us -- is one we are still losing: The War on Cancer.

Choosing the Best Stroke-Prevention Procedure

Listen to your doctor
The best approach depends on your age.

Stroke ranks higher than heart attack in scaryness, say surveys. So stroke prevention is something we all care about.

Of the two main stroke-prevention procedures, new research points to which is the better choice.

Five Tips to Help a Stressed-Out President – or Anyone Else – Quit Smoking

Where there's smoke there's fire -- and tragedy
Use these 5 steps to stop now.

President Barack Obama’s recent physical examination revealed that he is in generally good health -– and that he is still trying to quit smoking. His doctor’s advice: keep up his "smoking cessation efforts"; in other words, he should keep trying to kick the habit.

Stress is one of the reasons people give for not being able to quit smoking, says Susan Rausch, health educator at the Pat Walker Health Center and co-chair of the University of Arkansas’ FRESH campaign to promote the Tobacco Free Campus policy.

The Evolution of Hollywood Blockbusters

The 39 Steps 1935
New films feel new, old films feel old. But why? There's a scientific explanation.

It's more than black-and-white vs. color, standard screen vs. widescreen, classical music vs. rock soundtrack. There's something else that makes films of yesteryear feel very different than modern films -- something about the rhythm and texture. But what?

New research suggests that modern movies are more engrossing — we get "lost" in them more readily — because the universe’s natural rhythm is driving the mind. Really.

Get Happy And Buy Something

Happy or sad?
How you feel affects your desire for new things.

Here's research that hits close to home. Because when you're feelin' blue, home is where you want to be.

This is more than common -- it is behavior you can count on, say researchers at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

An international team of social and cognitive psychologists devised experiments to confirm that a negative mood makes us seek the familiar. And the opposite: Feeling happy makes us want something new.

Teaching Kids about Energy

An Advisor Academy tutorial

Your son or daughter comes home from school with questions about energy. How do you begin to explain such a vast concept?

Teaching kids about energy starts with conveying that there are many forms of energy around us and even inside us. Life as we know it would not exist without energy. Energy is so important that all food packages list Calories, an old energy unit. Energy is either stored or involved with motion.

Do the Math, or Why I Own 57 Pairs of Black Pants and So Should You

Alisa Singer
What's in your closet, and why?

Every mother loves her kids and every woman loves her black pants. It’s as simple as that. In fact, approximately 99.99% of the female population in the United States adores, and requires an ample supply of, black pants.

This is because only black pants are, at once, sophisticated, versatile, slenderizing and, well, basic. Also they hide most stains though, admittedly, are brutal when it comes to pet hair. So most self-respecting women fill their closet or, if they are so fortunate, closets, with numerous pairs of black pants which they have accumulated over the course of many years.

Save the Economy – Dig and Refill Holes

Richard Rider Rant

Richard Rider
The best solution is under our feet

Many folks look back fondly on FDR’s efforts to pull us out of the Great Depression. Killjoys point out that FDR’s deeply flawed policies didn’t work – we had the longest, most sustained depression since perhaps the Renaissance.

At least some solace is taken from the widespread assumption that WWII finally bailed us out. Perhaps some see today’s overseas adventures as serving a similar purpose in this economic tailspin.

But we don't need no new stinkin' wars to "stimulate" the economy. I have a FAR better plan.

Where They Film: Santa Clarita Valley, California

NCIS truck spotted at the studio in Santa Clarita, California
Hollywood locations of NCIS, CSI, 24, The Unit, Star Trek, and more...

Hollywood movies and TV shows are almost never filmed in the real Hollywood, a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. Some studios used to be there, but many years ago most production companies moved to other parts of the greater "LA" area. This is why tourists who go to the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Vine St. rarely see anything interesting. But I do ...

NCIS: Los Angeles -- too little NCIS, too much LA?

Attempt to extend the brand hurts both the classic and the newbie.

I enjoy CBS TV show "NCIS". There's a spark, an energy, that makes it appealing even after several years on the air. The NCIS characters are intelligent, the dynamics are interesting, and it is well-played by strong actors, The storylines are usually engaging and often quite clever. But I'm not sure the new spin-off "NCIS: Los Angeles" has any reason to have "NCIS" in its title.

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One lives and learns, doesn't one? That is certainly one of the more prevalent delusions.