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Sep. 25 -- How simple going to the bathroom used to be. You found a discreet spot in the woods, you went. Today, in the age of indoor plumbing, the mere thought of entering a bathroom is an act of faith for many. Who was here before you? How were they feeling -- were they sniffling or coughing? Did they wash their hands thoroughly afterward? What did they touch while they were here? Read more...

By Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D. Jim moved to Southwest Florida just a couple months ago. He was a young man in his early 30s, a professional who worked the second shift in front of a computer at an area publisher. He had no family there; it was a new job that brought him, and he was still getting to know folks and just beginning to make friends. So if anything seemed amiss with Jim, nobody Read more...

An old man in his 80s got up and was putting on his coat. His wife said, "Where are you going?" He said, "I'm going to the doctor." And she said, "Why, are you sick?" "No," he said, "I'm going to get me some of those new Viagra pills." So his wife got up out of her rocker and put on her sweater. Her husband asked, Read more...