The results of a new study suggest that the demographics of acute diverticulitis in the United States are changing. In acute diverticulitis, a common intestinal disease related to a low-fiber diet, increased pressure causes pouches, or diverticula, to bulge out in the wall of the intestines. Bacterial infections can develop and cause serious complications, such as perforations. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Wisdom is a rare diamond on the Internet, and any opportunity to learn from someone else's mistakes for free should not be missed. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Texas wants to continue with its scheduled execution of Jose Medellin a Mexican who was in the country illegally brutally raped and murder two young children. The "international court" <oooh!> stated his "rights" were abused. Bush is pandering and demanding that Texas stop their execution. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Mr. Kamkwamba's Creation
Spurs Hope in Malawi;
Entrepreneurs Pay Heed picked by leopoldogolba 10 months ago

Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

As a movie directed by Tim Burton, and...how will Johnny Depp be involved??

For some of you too young to remember this classic gothic soap opera from the 1960's...

/I have autographs from several original cast members. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Don't let your young kids play with toys with magnets. If swallowed, they can kill. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines employees made her cover up on a recent flight, leading jet-setters to ask: Will my outfit fly?

(link to first story) picked by icepigs 1 year ago

An estimated 14% of Americans profess to have no religion, and among 18-to-25-year-olds, the proportion rises to 20%, according to the Institute for Humanist Studies. The lives of these young people would be much easier, adult nonbelievers say, if they learned at an early age how to respond to the God-fearing majority in the U.S. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

Police arrested five people, including a doctor, in the suburbs of Delhi for allegedly removing kidneys from young men without their permission and selling them to wealthy patients. picked by DemureArt 9 months ago

LARGO -- A mother in a psychiatrist's office for supervised visitation with her 15-year-old son pulled out a dagger and drywall knife and stabbed the boy in the abdomen, then cut his throat, Largo Police Sgt. Mark Young said Saturday. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

In response to this link, I present something that seemed to squeak past most people here in the states a while back... picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A tale of online love inspired usually cynical New Yorkers this week to help a young man find the girl of his dreams after he spotted her on a crowded subway train. picked by Proverb 11 months ago

A young Vietnamese girl is finally free of a disfiguring 7kg facial tumour after a marathon 12 hour operation.

Surgeons in Miami removed the Schwannoma tumour that had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai Thi Dao's face. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

This is the movie that got him hired to be the youngest director ever to be signed to a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio (Universal).

it's about a young couple who meet up in the desert, become friends, then lovers and make their way to a paradisiacal beach. picked by BernardBlack 3 months ago

Colwell said the three youths were questioned about the young boy's death, but can't be held criminally responsible since they're under 12.

Little b*****ds should be sent to jail until they can be put on trial. picked by muppet 1 year ago

So now you have the hots for that hot young lady from your favorite adult site or perhaps myspace? Just remember the magic of photoshop.my source Also previously picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

In other news, studies show that brains of young human males are smaller than any other. "At one point, an officer asked Devries what the teens planned to do with the alligators. He said they had not thought that far ahead yet." picked by arsphidius 6 months ago

I saw this band at a Gathering of the Clan in Glasgow, Kentucky a few years ago. They brought out the beast in all of us! Here is one of their videos for your primal enjoyment. One longhaired, shirtless young band member had all the married ladies swooning. He's no longer with the band, unfortunately. picked by meggysue 3 weeks ago

King Kong's little brother picked by suebe 1 year ago