Lifestyles
Schizophrenia: What it is and what it’s not
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that is often misunderstood for another type of mental illness called dissociative personality disorder , more commonly known as multiple personality disorder. First, let's discuss some myths associated with Schizophrenia.
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Don’t sweat the scale
Other numbers are actually more important, experts say
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The wedding cake: High-end simplicity, fondant is in; but taste matters, too
This is the time of year when couples who got engaged over the holidays (or who may be getting engaged on Valentine’s Day) start to think about the details that make a wedding a wedding.
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Landreth Seed Co. turns 225, launches special African American collection
Six years ago, when Barbara Melera bought the venerable D. Landreth Seed Co., it had been decades since Landreths were at the helm, and the company no longer specialized in the vegetables and flowers that had built its fine reputa…
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Cell phones don’t make the grade during school
Jon Akers, director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, has written an essay calling on school systems to prohibit students from having cell phones in their possession during school hours. He presents an iron-clad argument to the effect that student cell phones are not only unnecess…
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Hooked on science
What happens when you place a balloon filled with air outside in temperatures below freezing? To do this experiment, you need only one 12-inch balloon.
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Clashing parents, confused kids
Recognize differences, establish new parenting patterns for better results
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How Stuff Works: Keeping blimps afloat
At any major sporting event there is one thing you are sure to see if the weather is decent. Look, up in the sky, it’s a blimp — A gigantic sky whale. Like a helicopter, a blimp can provide a hovering platform in the sky that makes them great for aerial photography. But unlike a helic…
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Revolution in Carbondale
Award-winning folk duo raises funds for HIV/AIDS benefit
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Let's change our culture
Are you old enough to remember a day when parents would say to their children, “Before you go outside to play or go over to your friend’s house, you have to do your homework”?
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Planning now brings hummingbirds later
If you can brave the frigid weather now, it will pay off in the summer
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Be careful when using salt near landscape plants
Last weekend’s snow is a reminder that we need to be careful using salt around our landscape plants. Salt products that are used on sidewalks, driveways, patios and roadways can damage plants.
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Dressing to impress
Wearing professional attire is a must for a job interview
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Special Sections
Just Trucks
Our reader-submitted trucks all around Southern Illinois!
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SI Magazine
Southern Illinois Magazine Winter 2009
Check out our winter issue of the Southern Illinois Magazine!
Nov 17, 2009 | 11:30 am | Loading…
AP Lifestyles
- Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
- Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests
- Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
- Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
- Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
- Firm to pay $200K after importing lead-laden toys
- FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids
- Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers
- Report: Feds to pay more than half of health costs
- Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
