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  • LIFE

    Flu shot may help prevent heart attacks

    Life, Published on 30/04/2024

    » DEAR DOCTORS: I can't stop thinking about what my doctor said when I got my flu shot last fall. I'm a 55-year-old man, and I have a history of high blood pressure. He said the flu shot will give me extra protection against having a heart attack. What is the connection?

  • OPINION

    Understanding 'Animal Farm' in Zimbabwe

    Oped, Published on 27/04/2024

    » I began to notice Animal Farm references start to proliferate in Zimbabwe in 2008.

  • LIFE

    Eating in certain order helps control blood glucose

    Life, Published on 23/04/2024

    » DEAR DOCTORS: Can you please talk about the idea that the order in which you eat your food has an effect on your blood sugar? I have a friend who never eats sweets unless she can also have some vegetables and protein. Does this really matter?

  • OPINION

    Lessons to learn

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/04/2024

    » Re: "Plugging in", (PostBag, April 16).

  • THAILAND

    Happy Songkran

    News, Published on 12/04/2024

    » The Songkran festival is a time of celebration for millions.

  • LIFE

    Take at-home blood pressure readings multiple times

    Life, Published on 16/04/2024

    » DEAR DOCTORS: I want to start checking my blood pressure to see if the high readings my doctor gets are accurate. I read you should always sit still before getting a reading. Is that true? That never happens at my doctor's office.

  • OPINION

    Will AI create more fake news than it exposes?

    News, Tyler Cowen, Published on 08/04/2024

    » The best large-language models can already write like humans, especially if prompted properly. Photos and images can be faked at low cost. Yet-to-be-released technology can create convincing voice simulations. There are signs that some academic papers contain traces of GPT-4. If even professors are faking it, then surely the dam has burst.

  • OPINION

    Delicate art of being nasty and nice

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/03/2024

    » One word we have been subjected to almost on a daily basis recently is "diplomacy" as politicians grapple with the world's woes without much success. A dictionary definition of diplomacy is "tact or skill in dealing with people". Unfortunately it is more complex than that as the world is in such a mess. Perhaps Ambrose Bierce was nearer the mark in his Devil's Dictionary when he described diplomacy as "the patriotic art of lying for one's country".

  • LIFE

    Research suggests eating later may lower metabolism

    Life, Published on 26/03/2024

    » DEAR DOCTORS: I recently read about a study that says eating late makes it easier to gain weight. I would like to know more about that. I've been having success with weight loss by not eating after 6pm, and I wonder if the timing has anything to do with that.

  • OPINION

    An uninvited guest for breakfast

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/04/2024

    » Last Monday morning breakfast was abruptly interrupted when my dog on his daily sniffing patrol came charging into the living room and began barking agitatedly at the sofa on which I was sitting. Although the hound regularly enjoys a healthy bark in the garden, he knows the house rules for indoors… strictly no yelping. So this blatant breach of barking etiquette had me a little concerned.

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