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3 Simple Ways to Beat the Afternoon Slump

Anyone who has worked a day in his or her life knows of the afternoon slump. As the clock strikes 3 in the afternoon, head's start to feel heavy, eyes blur, and the text on your computer screen grows...

How to Wake Up Enthused Every Day

Written on 9/12/2008 by Ali Hale. Ali runs Alpha Student, a blog packed with academic, financial and practical tips to help students get the most out of their time at university.Photo Credit:...

Where Were You Seven Years Ago Today?

Since it's Sept. 11, 2008, I'm going to do something I've never done before and share with you my experience of Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, 2001. I'd like to open up the site all day for DT readers --...

Still Losing Weight

I guess once you start losing weight, your metabolism just increases if you stay at it and you keep losing.  That's what the experts say.  So now I just want to maintain mine.  You can...

Danny/GC: "Any way I can get in there to get that million, I'm trying to do it"

Danny "GC" Brown was the first Survivor Gabon contestant I talked to, and I was the first reporter he talked to (there were a total of six media outlets there, including CBS' official publicity...

Are resident work-hour restrictions doing a disservice?

Restrictions on work hours don't exist when you're an attending. Will today's residents be ready?So you're a general surgery intern. You'll be working 80 hour weeks (and possibly less than 60 hrs if...

Off-Topic: Amazon Kindle Review

I recently purchased the Amazon Kindle and thought I'd share my opinion of it.  It is simply excellent for anyone who does a lot of reading whether that is newspapers or books.  There are...

Claim: Mother's Diet May Determine Child's Gender

Expecting fathers, hoping to have a baby boy, may consider pampering their wives with fancy breakfasts in bed, as it may be the only method known to science to help influence the sex of the child ....

Red Sox Throwdown: The Most Bizarre Moment in Sox-Yankees History

Red: If you're talking the single most bizarre moment in any Red Sox game, let alone a Sox-Yankees mash-up, it has to be that bit with Don Zimmer tackling Pedro Martinez, or attemtping to tackle as...

Bronx Banter: Coffee and TV

I figure many of you, being sane and intelligent people, probably missed the official start of baseball season--live from Japan, at 6 a.m., Red Sox-A's--but I had to write about something, and damned...