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By Don C. Reed Think of something you love: what first leaps into your mind? For me, it is the ocean. I love to soar almost weightless to the seafloor, then effortlessly return, in beams of underwater sun. Once the sand moved, and a cream-colored triangular beast—a...
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By Don C. Reed Imagine if you had an incurable disease. The doctors gave you no hope, saying there was little to be done, and you should expect a foreshortened life. But then came some good luck: you were selected for a clinical trial, testing a new therapy. This...
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By Don C. Reed The green waters of the Lincoln pool controversy brought back 15 years of memories. From 1972-86, I was a scuba diver for Marine World, an aquarium zoo in Northern California. I scrubbed algae off the walls and windows of the giant aquarium tanks....
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By Don C. Reed Medical researchers save lives, heal wounds, and ease suffering—but they cannot do their work without major financial backup. To develop useful therapies and cures, scientists depend on the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest source of...
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By Don C. Reed Note: the author is neither scientist nor physician. Material cited is personal opinion or public documents. No connection is implied with cited individuals. Half asleep in bed, I woke to a soft popping noise in my head. It had a bizarre side effect: I...
