When you don't want to be Facebook friends

Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:39 PM EST

By Joy Jernigan, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com (Clipped by Katie's Corner)

Andrea Smith recently received a Facebook friend invitation from someone she went to junior high school with — 23 years ago.

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technology, she, friends, facebook, friend, digital-life, sandal, waldman, hesse, only-on-msnbc-com

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells

Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:06 PM EST

By Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer (Clipped by Katie's Corner)

Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.

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eu, health, transplant, med, world-news, mount-sinai-hospital, windpipe-transplant

Super Obama World

Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:01 PM EST (New Statesman Contents)

Obama takes on a game like quality of our two favorite Italians... Mario and Lugi.

odd-news, obama, mario

Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job

Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:19 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

I think that Obama is making a big mistake... if he wanted to pick an opponent for the Sec. of State... he should have picked McCain... btw, i voted for Obama.

politics

The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment

Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:27 AM EST (Psychology Today)

Seeded by Angel_C (Clipped by Katie's Corner)

Life unfolds in the present. But so often, we let the present slip away, allowing time to rush past unobserved and unseized, and squandering the precious seconds of our lives as we worry about the future and ruminate about what's past.

peace, now, breathing, mindfulness, home-garden, present-moment, pschology, relieving-stress

Admirals, generals: Repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'

Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:13 PM EST

By Brian Witte, Associated Press (Clipped by Katie's Corner)

More than 100 retired generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays so they can serve openly, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press.

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military, gays, associated-press, obama, us-news

Ecstasy successfully used to treat PTSD

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:43 AM EST (Raw Story)

Seeded by Josh of Arc (Clipped by Katie's Corner)

Dr. Michael Mithoefer is at the forefront of a controversial field of study. He is leading a pilot study into using MDMA -- the pure form of the illegal drug ecstasy -- to treat depression and post traumatic stress disorder...

drugs, health, ptsd, ecstasy, mdma, psychotherapy, pharmacology