Health

Wading Deep Into the Genetic-Pool Controversy

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Jon Entine, JE Feature

Since the horror of the Holocaust, Jews have been at the forefront of those debunking notions that they could be defined by blood ancestry, as a "race." The notion of race seemed to be dead as a scientific concept as recently as 2000, when the first sketch of the human genome was unveiled. "We are all, regardless of race, 99.9...

Health

Making Book: A Spirited Fight to Continue Living

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Frank Rosci, JE Feature

Courage comes in many forms. We're all captivated, for instance, by accounts of people who rescue others from burning buildings and tales of wartime bravery. Yet sometimes, we discover equally heroic stories of people who struggle day in and day out with some type of severe physical handicap. Such is the particular courage of Josh Winheld of Cheltenham, who was...

Health

If Fido Is Too Fat ...

It's no secret that obesity is a problem in humans. Reality television makes millions of dollars chronicling the efforts of Americans attempting to shed excess weight. And every day, new medical research highlights the serious implications obesity has for heart disease, diabetes and other maladies. Now, more and more attention is being paid to the problem in household pets. According...

Health

How the Pros Do It

Shaping up figures to fit his outlook

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Rita Charleston, JE Feature

He had dreams, just as we all do. For Laurence Kaplan, the dream was to go to the Police Academy after college and, eventually, become a policeman. But his dreams were shattered after suffering a serious spinal cord injury in 1992. The young man broke 10 vertebrae, a couple of ribs, his ankle and suffered serious burns, as well as...

Parenting

Is She Really Doing that in Public?

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Diana Aydin, JE Feature

When Dana Hilmer gave birth to her first child, Zach, in 2000, she was anxious, like many another mother, about breastfeeding in public. It wasn't unusual for her to escape to a bathroom when it came time to nurse. "I would constantly remove myself from situations, and go hang out in the car or go hang out in the bathroom,"...