Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Roger Luchs recalls feeling intense gratitude when he finally got an accurate explanation for the pulsating sound in his ear.
Roger Luchs recalls feeling intense gratitude when he finally got an accurate explanation for the pulsating sound in his ear.

 

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Medical Mysteries
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The noise, an incessant loud whooshing in his left ear, was driving Roger Luchs crazy -- literally.
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Consumer Reports Insights
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Picture of Health
Students exchange food during lunch at the Christian Zheng Sheng College, a drug rehabilitation center, on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. The use of psychotropic drugs has soared in Hong Kong in recent years. The primary drug being abused is ketamine, an animal tranquilizer that is produced illegally in...
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