ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday May 18, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 51
 
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“Now let me see ... where did I leave that key?”
The name of a friend is at the tip of the tongue, but it just slips away. The more you wrack your brains, the more elusive it is. The right word, while making conversation, dances just out of reach. You know it but cannot grab hold and say it out loud. There is a frantic search for that important document but you cannot find it in the place you are sure you kept it. Much later while looking for something else you come across that in a different place.
 
The common hernia
It appears as a small bulge in the groin, gradually enlarging with time, though still painless. In the morning when you wake up it's not there, but when you get up and walk about, it appears. When you cough it is more prominent. This could be a hernia. A hernia occurs when there is a weak point in the stomach wall and the abdominal contents bulge through this weak point beneath the skin.
 
It’s a headache!

“Now let me see ... where did I leave that key?”
   
The common hernia
   
Snippets
   
It’s a headache!
   
When body matter matters
   
What’s burning inside?
   
Common foods that can worsen reflux symptoms
   
PCOS: Importance of early intervention
   
7 eggs a week : Not what the doc ordered for middle-aged men
   

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