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- WORKS FOR ME JACK WILLIAMS
Survivor: San Diegan
Robbie Klinefelter admits he's a plodder out of water. At about 5-foot-8 and 215 pounds, the former competitive swimmer won't be mistaken anytime soon for one of those rawboned mileage machines who dominate endurance sports.
- HEALTH Q&A
Finally, some good news about estrogen therapy
I'm a postmenopausal woman and I understand that a new study shows estrogen does not increase breast cancer risk after all. Is this really true?
- NEWS & NOTES
Busy women healthier
For women, combining work and family may be healthier than staying home, recent research in Britain suggests.
- Wellnews: All the news that's fit
- PRODUCT WATCH
Wraparound sunglasses can help protect the eyes of kids
Product: Frubi Shades, $14.95 for one pair. Key ingredients: Polycarbonate lens. The pitch: Stops sun damage to eyes of children ages 6 months to 6 years.
- FIREHOUSE FITNESS
Put some power and stabilization where they're needed
The moves: Exercise band pulls in a “T” posture. Works on: Shoulder-blade stabilization; posterior deltoid and rotator cuff strength.
- Confusion, politics and morality have shaped fight against AIDS
Bird flu generates headlines these days, overshadowing a more familiar pandemic. PBS' “Frontline” corrects that trend with “The Age of AIDS,” an epic, four-hour documentary.
- Reality is, show is heavily scripted
Never mind that “The Hills” is a reality show without a shred of reality to it. That doesn't matter to the viewers of this show or the one that spawned it - the faux reality sensation “Laguna Beach.”
- Idol is hoping for a little idle time
Taylor Hicks has a lot on his plate in the coming weeks. The newly minted “American Idol” winner's first single will be out June 13, and he'll go on tour with his fellow finalists a few weeks after that.
- DEAR ABBY
Different advice for 13-year-old girl, but parents must decide in the end
You missed an opportunity with the 13-year-old girl who is dissatisfied with her bedroom and always the recipient of hand-me-downs. Telling her to get a trusted adult to speak on her behalf was tantamount to advising her to recruit someone to help her whine.
- JANE E. BRODY
Compliance problematic for patients
A conscientious allergist I know refuses to treat patients with asthma who don't follow his recommendations for keeping flare-ups at bay with preventive medication.
- Easy steps help ensure a safe walk
Whether you're an avid walker or your shoes hit the pavement only on the way to your car, keeping personal safety in mind is important, especially if you're walking alone.
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- SCREEN GREEN
Mutants storm the box office over weekend, take no prisoners
The superhero epic “X-Men: The Last Stand” proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in $120.1 million – besting even early boffo estimates – for the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.
- The plot thickens as 'Lost' novel finds the best-seller list
Novels by unidentified authors have made the best-seller lists, as has at least one said to have been written by a soap opera character. But this may be the first time that a book by a nonexistent writer who is thought to have died in a plane crash has cracked the charts.
- X-Women exert their power as actresses
The women of “X-Men: The Last Stand” can kick your booty. The third film based on the Marvel comics about superpowered mutants, “Last Stand” features Halle Berry as weather-controlling Storm; Anna Paquin as life-force-draining Rogue; Rebecca Romijn as evil shape-shifter Mystique; and Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, a mega-telepath with a nasty alter ego called Dark Phoenix.
- 'Rescue Me' finds the tragic and comic sides of firefighters' lives
When the firefighters of New York's Company 62 dare each other to quit smoking, the allusions and metaphors strike dangerously close to cliché. Only a superbly imagined drama could pull off the inevitable moment when an exhausted firefighter stops battling an inferno to sneak a drag, lighting up off the burning building.
- Spanos receives Golden Achievement Award
Boys and girls of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego lined the corridors of the Marriott Hotel & Marina the other night, welcoming guests to the 44th annual Golden Achievement Award Dinner. The youngsters extended an extra-warm welcome to Dean Spanos, the event's guest of honor.
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