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Discovery Health Newsletter
November 10, 2008
Welcome TAYLLOR!
Let Discovery Health be your partner in staying well.
 
in the spotlight
The Food Trivia Slideshow
Mushrooms that glow in the dark ... Shakespeare and the pickle ... here's your ammunition for fascinating facts to toss out at your next cookout, cafeteria lunch or dinner party.

Food Stats: How Many Calories, Carbs, Etc. Are In ...

Apples

Peaches

Grapefruit

Oranges

Figs

Cabbage

Corn

Onions

Tomatoes

Chili Peppers

sexual health
The Four Phases of Sexual Response
Sexual response refers to the set of physiological and emotional changes that lead to and follow orgasm. Researchers have broken it down to various parts.

Creating Passion

Marriage & Sex

Aging & Sex

Sexual Guilt & Shame

Libido Boosters

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
His sexual request has me very concerned.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
My wife still wants sex, but not with me.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
I want to be with him, but I'm not sexually attracted to him.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
We're lesbians who can't orgasm with each other.



Labor of Love Book
Chronicles the unconventional life and revolutionary pregnancy of Thomas Beatie, who was born and raised as a girl, but made a gender transition to a male.


main features
What is "The Care Until the Cure"?
What does this study mean for me?
When it's breast cancer, you want to know as much as possible. But research can be confusing -- especially understanding how the findings apply to you. The medical experts at Breastcancer.org routinely examine the research for important advances and updates -- reporting back with invaluable perspective on the implications and applications. See what's new!


Dr. G's How Not to Die Book
Learn surprising lessons on how to live a longer, safer, and healthier life from America's favorite medical examiner, Dr. G.


Teaching Kids to Be Honest
The core values don't just instill themselves in our children. It's up to parents to take the time to raise honest, responsible children.

Preventing Tantrums While Shopping

Discipline & Limit Setting

12 Strategies for Parents of Kids With ADHD

Conduct Disorder in Children


The Duggars: 20 and Counting Book
Discover the many parenting strategies that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar use as they raise one of America's largest families.


Your Prescription Translator
Just taking your pills may have been fine in the old days. But today it's important that you understand what you're taking and why. Use this interactive guide to find what you need to know about the medicines you're putting into your body.

The Drug Interaction Checker


Look Up Any Illness
Use the Discovery Health Diseases & Conditions Database for information that you really need for yourself and for those you love.


Discovery Health Jigsaw Puzzles They're a great way to relax for a few minutes during a hectic day. Choose from ten health-related images, then try your hand at bringing order from the chaos. And every time you start again, the pieces break differently.


health & fitness news

Brain & Body Slow Down at 40

Men's Hands Are Germ-Infested; Women's Are Worse

Ancient Iceman Has No Living Relatives

... But Phoenicians Live on in People's Genes

Christmas Island Rats Wiped Out by Disease


hands-on health
NEWS IN FOCUS
The Daily Rounds:
Gene Mutation May Be Linked to Breast Cancer

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that a mutation in a gene that normally helps block the formation of breast tumors could play a role in breast cancer. You can find detailed information on the Mary Alice Williams reports that appear on Discovery Health TV every weeknight at 6:55 p.m. ET.

THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
The Baby-Making Quiz

Do you know the odds of getting pregnant for the average couple in any given month?

FEATURED TOOL
The Human Body Atlas: Alzheimer's

Find out what's going on inside the brain of a person afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease.

EXPERT OPINION
Are Artificial Sweeteners Safe?

Questions have been raised about the safety of saccharin and aspartame. Should you be concerned?


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tv highlights
Tonight,
9 p.m. ET/PT
Dr. G,
Medical Examiner:
Twist of Fate
Tonight,
5 p.m. ET/PT
Code Blue:
Rush to Judgment
best of tv this week
Tonight, 8 p.m. ET/PT
Mystery ER: Scared Stiff
A single mother wakes up to find she can no longer walk and baffled doctors go looking for the elusive disease they suspect is afflicting her central nervous system.

Tonight, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Mystery Diagnosis:
The Woman Who
Couldn't Cry

Linda has been battling an astonishing array of ailments for over fifty years. While she continues to visit doctor after doctor searching for answers, no one can pinpoint exactly what's causing the random symptoms she experiences on a daily basis.

Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET/PT
The Dr. Oz Files:
Beauty Inside Out

Doctors Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen show how viewers of all ages can keep their skin, hair, nails and teeth in tip top shape. Viewers will follow a handful of people through a three-month journey as they attempt to go from bedraggled to bedazzling.

Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Joined for Life:
Abby & Brittany Are 16

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel are about to turn 16 -- that means they're very busy with schoolwork, sports, social activities and, yes, testing for their drivers license. To most this seems extraordinary, but to the girls it's just another day.

Tuesday, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Deliver Me: Out of Control
Noi's plans for a natural birth are derailed by an ailment that won't go away until she delivers. Megan, 24, has twins who won't grow unless she abandons her energetic lifestyle. Stephanie finds her fourth pregnancy and life imperiled by severe diabetes.

Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET/PT
Then Came Six:
Diamond's Day Off

Caring for five-year-old sextuplets and a pre-teen offers no rest for mother Diamond Harris. So, she leaves her husband at home with the kids while she heads out for a night with the girls.

Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET/PT
Then Came Six:
Tattoo & T-Ball

Chris and Diamond Harris enroll their five-year-old sextuplets in the all-American sport of T-ball. Driven not to lose her identity Diamond gets a tattoo and Chris takes the kids to get haircuts before their big game day.

Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT
17 Kids & Counting:
Big Family Reunion

The Duggars are taking a trip to Ohio for Michelle's family reunion. In addition to the several food and gas stops along the way, they visit a creationism museum where animatronic dinosaurs roam the earth with Adam and Eve.

Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. ET/PT
17 Kids & Counting:
When Big Families Collide

Meet the Bates family from Tennessee who have decided to visit the Duggars in Arkansas. Hosting another mega-family proves to be a challenge for Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, but as usual around the Duggar home, there's always a plan.
centers
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