The cause of 50 year old Michael Jackson’s death remains to be determined, but experts point to the hazards of strenuous exercise in middle aged persons. Jackson was in intense physical training for an upcoming concert series. After age 40, the frequency of heart attack or cardiac arrest increases dramatically with the stress of exercise. [...]
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, 57, who treated herself for cancer at the South Pole ten years ago, has died. In 1999, as the only medical doctor at a National Science Foundation research station in Antarctica, Nielsen FitzGerald discovered a lump in her breast, and performed a biopsy with the help of a staff member. She [...]
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
For a list of iPod-friendly audiobooks, click here. To get started downloading free audiobooks, click here. With OverDrive Media Console v3.2 for Windows®, most audiobooks can now be transferred to the iPhone™ and the iPod®! In just a few clicks, send audiobooks to your Windows-formatted iPod using the built-in Transfer Wizard! The ‘Plays on’ icons [...]
Friday, June 19, 2009
The number of people who smoke cigarettes infrequently, so-called social smokers, is on the rise, according to a recently published study. The authors of the study claim that tobacco companies targeted occasional smokers in their advertising, attempting to convey smoking as an aid to social interaction. Such individuals often do not consider themselves smokers: they aren’t [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The List Universe, a web site which focuses on “lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia,” has published a list of the ten longest novels in the English language. Some ground-rules used by the compiler: no self-published works; length is based on word count, not number of pages; and only [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Palos Verdes Estates, CA – Malaga Cove Library will maintain regular business hours, Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm throughout the summer months. Considering the current budget situation, Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD) will not extend late open hours on Wednesday evenings during the music concerts at Farnham Martin Park. The Malaga Cove Business [...]
Thursday, June 4, 2009
If a single person can change minds and hearts about what’s possible in a human life, that person is Palos Verdes Peninsula resident Tom Sullivan. Blind almost from birth, he has never let that very large fact keep him from confronting challenges most sighted people would decline. From champion wrestler and track star in high school, [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Co-sponsored by the L.A. Opera Speakers Bureau, presenter Stella Leonstini will introduce the audience to history, literature, philosophy, and fine arts through L.A. Opera Talks: ‘La Traviata,’ on Saturday, June 6 at 3pm, an opera by Verdi currently playing at the L.A. Opera. The Los Angeles Opera has joined forces with a number of local [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Hosted by the Miraleste Library Advisory Committee, please welcome the Peninsula’s own, Jim Jones and his band–JJ’s Sunset Syncopators. The band is made up of seven top California musicians led by Jim Jones of Rancho Palos Verdes. This is the ninth year of the popular music program at Miraleste Library, bringing to the Peninsula community [...]
Monday, June 1, 2009
According to a newly released study, diagnoses of depression in children and adolescents have dropped, five years after the FDA warned about the hazards of anti-depressive medication for some young people. And while the lead author of the study says it does not attempt to explain why diagnosis rates have fallen, she believes the FDA [...]
Monday, June 29, 2009
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