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Gro Harlem Brundtland, head of the World Health Organization, says, “We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks,” and says China holds the key to whether it stays that way.

WHO’s David Heymann says, “China certainly is the key to this outbreak in many respects, particularly because China has been able to contain this outbreak.” China initially denied an epidemic was going on, and Brundtland praised them for their “change in opinion about what was necessary.” Dr. Paul Gully, director general of Canada’s health department, says that even though Canada acted quickly, Toronto couldn’t prevent a second group of SARS cases. He says, “It’s really apparent that the ember can continue to smolder and the disease recur.”
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Mr. Man (who stands for all of us), the creation of artist Steve Whitehouse, sure does get in a lot of trouble. Follow all of his adventures!

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Piercing is popular, but sometimes infection can set in. The artist Rembrandt may have had problems with a pierced ear, especially since he lived before the invention of antibiotics, according to British surgeon Ben Cohen. In many of his self-portraits, Rembrandt paints himself with a deformed left earlobe, and earrings were fashionable for men in the 17th century.

Cohen says, “In the portrait painted circa 1628, at the age of 22, the left lobule was occupied by a round swelling with a small bunch of what were apparently granulations at the upper edge. This swelling was also present in some later portraits but by about 1642 it had become a thickening.”
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The Wrigley gum company is planning to develop a gum that contains Viagra, which would work faster than taking the pill. The gum would begin to work after about 2 minutes of chewing, while the pill takes an hour or more. And think of the potential for practical jokes! Meanwhile, people who live near a Viagra manufacturing plant say they just have to sniff the air to benefit from the drug.

Richard Gizbert writes in abcnews.com that when the went blows over the Viagra plant in Ringaskiddy, Ireland, resident Charles Allen heads downwind. He says, “They’re grinding the tablets and the wind is coming from that direction. So there’s bound to be a certain amount in the air all the time. That’s why we’re sitting here.”
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