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Go after anybody you would like to try for. Forget the “league” concept. “Most of the women I wanted were not in my league,” stated one of the husbands. “I decided I had two choices: Stay in the minors or go for the majors.” Waiting, seducing, tricking, maneuvering, playing coy, being wise—all will fail. “I [...]

The sweat glands under the arms are a little different from the other sweat glands of the body and respond more to nervous influences. Some people suffer from excessive sweating in this area, causing considerable embarrassment with stained clothes. Being conscious of the excessive sweating and worrying about it only seems to make it worse. [...]

But looked at another way, it means that if you walk one and a half kilometres a day you can lose up to half a kilo in a month. That is six kilos or nearly one stone in a year. We are all impatient and want to see results quickly. Those who lose weight quickly [...]

Jaundice or a yellow discoloration of the skin is a normal phenomenon in more than half of new-born babies. This jaundice may not appear until the fourth or fifth day. It is due to the normal breakdown of the foetal red blood cells which occurs after birth and the inability of the immature liver to [...]

In addition to showing blood vessels, we can also use injected contrast materials to show the internal structure of organs like the kidney and gall-bladder system. For the kidneys, we inject a substance which can be passed out of the body through the urine. Soon after injection the internal structure of the kidney will be [...]

Grief, bereavement and/or depression are periods of distress for most people during which the normal restraints required for fat control become regarded as less important in the same way as they are in periods of chronic stress (above). Again, these are times during which physical activity can be expected to decrease and eating, particularly of [...]

How long will I need to be in hospital? This varies from three to seven days and may be extended by a couple of days if complications occur. Why are antibiotics necessary? Doctors in countries such as Australia routinely prescribe antibiotics after surgery to reduce the risk of postoperative infection. Why am I having bowel [...]

To learn how to sleep, it is important to understand how sleep is controlled. Of course the brain has a lot to do with this. There are two levels of control in our sleeping activities, the higher control. The higher control. The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of brain tissue, is the higher control centre. [...]

We live by a complicated code of social behaviour. One aspect of it is that we should not give way to our feelings. With some people this is very important indeed. For instance, it is important for those in the armed services. The young soldier thinks, “If I am wounded, I hope I can take [...]

Q. What about other forms of medication? Over the years we have heard about a great many. Are these still in use? A. In some cases, yes, and on other cases, not altogether. For some time a drug called carbenoxolone sodium appeared to have a beneficial effect on gastric ulcers. It seemed to relieve ulcers [...]