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• Have you ever suffered an illness or taken a medication that made you gain weight?

  Wed Jun 23, 2010
  • Autoimmune disease and steroids have caused weight gain but not metabolic syndrome due to my diligence. Opinions are impossible to combat.

• Are the new official Miss USA contestant photos too racy?

  Tue May 11, 2010
  • It isn't "shock" it's a sense of propriety. Do we want to encourage our young people to go for the sexual side of life or the beautiful side? I vote for gorgeous and happy, not slutty and relegated to early parenthood and poverty. That's what it comes down to.

• Are the new official Miss USA contestant photos too racy?

  Tue May 11, 2010
  • Not role model material, sorry!

• Did a Florida doc cross a line with a sign telling patients to go elsewhere for care if they voted for Obama?

  Fri Apr 2, 2010
  • Likely to backfire-I wouldn't see this doctor no matter what my political inclination!

• Stormy start to weatherizing project

  Sun Mar 28, 2010
  • Yeah, I applied for this program to weatherize my home and was turned down because my income is "too high." I'm a disabled military widow on a fixed income, just above the limit My energy costs for keeping this home, which has an unweatherized front door and cracked windows, are phenomenal - and …

• Allergies are mysteriously on the rise in U.S.

  Fri Mar 26, 2010
  • My vote is for chemicals of all kinds that our bodies have to deal with, that we just weren't made to handle. Once the immune system goes on the warpath, anything is fair game.

• Senate on health bill's final chapter - maybe

  Wed Mar 24, 2010
  • This article claims "historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen" and that seems to be the opinion of many.

• 1 in 3 breast cancer cases may be avoidable

  Thu Mar 25, 2010
  • Depends on who you listen to. Earlier reports implicated the progesterone in hormone replacement therapies, not the estrogen. Reminds me of nutrition advice published several years ago.

• What do you think about schools giving kids a day off for sunny weather?

  Wed Mar 24, 2010
  • What a wonderful, refreshing thing to do for students and teachers alike! It's so gray and depressing in that climate-big yes on this one!

• Bees in trouble after bad winter

  Wed Mar 24, 2010
  • Interesting. I have an uncommon anaphylactic reaction, brought on by exposure to traces of pesticides in the food supply, but hadn't connected my growing inability to tolerate honey over the past 2-3 years. Hmmm. . .