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Two weeks ago Carl, a listener of my radio show, sent me another letter. This one defined who his sons are and defined strength, will, and determination. His son Joey, while continuing his rounds of chemo, had trained and trained and built himself up to the 275-pound weight class. A year after having the opportunity to win a state title taken away by leukemia and subsequent treatment for leukemia, over the weekend of March 8-9, Joey won The Illinois State Wrestling Championship.

Source:The Celebration of Life Through Sports Award: The Allegretti Family

People infected with an especially dangerous strain of tuberculosis (TB) at Jose Pearson TB Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, are experiencing this nightmare firsthand. South Africa, already in the grip of a catastrophic HIV/AIDS epidemic, is in the midst of another deadly epidemic. The agent responsible is known as XDR-TB: a TB strain that was discovered in 2006 as having developed resistance to nearly all TB drugs.

Source:Hospital Imprisonment in Port Elizabeth

In what might be considered uplifting environmental news, Oxfam tells the Times of London that there is much demand for recycled brassieres in the developing world, at least in part because the things are technically difficult to make. For that and other closing remarks on Earth Week, come on in.

Source:Bras, Evolution, and Why We’re Living … Shorter? (Earth Week Coda)

I’m a sucker for reality shows that focus on weight loss. Typically, these shows feature people who are attempting to lose weight and get fit with the whole world watching. Last night I watched a show about three women trying to get “thin” for their wedding day. Although the template for this show was typical, the tactics involved seemed pretty…

Source:Shame on You: Weight Loss Tactics That Don't Work

With a food crisis on our hands and the prospect of shelling out big bucks for our food sources of phytochemicals, many people have thought about starting a garden. The prospect of growing one’s own fruits and veggies does have a certain nostalgic appeal to accompany the financial one. The idea is certainly gaining ground (at least in my neck…

Source:The Zero Mile Diet: Creating your Own Garden

There is considerable confusion over the caloric content of coffee. Not all coffee drinks are high in calories. Coffee - without additives - is almost a zero-calorie drink. Here is a complete guide to understanding coffee calories….

Source:How Many Calories in Coffee?

People have always picked on one another. But with the advent of blogs, social networks, video and picture-sharing - it got a whole lot worse. Maybe the magazines started it. Unflattering photos of celebrities make great covers and - according to the Wall Street Journal “stories about celebrity weight-loss with before-and-after photos now fly off the shelves.” Scrutinizing and criticizing…

Source:BodySnarking: How the Internet Made Us Nastier