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Allen

May 4 2006, 08:52 AM

Did anybody read this in the past two days?? Quite interesting, in my own opinion.

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U.S. residents over age 55 are \"much sicker\" than people in Britain in the same age group -- with higher rates of diabetes, heart attack, stroke, lung disease and cancer -- according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports.

mdphl

May 4 2006, 10:10 AM

But the men in the USA have nicer teeth - at least in the blue states.

J eddie

May 5 2006, 04:28 AM

I always expected it to be the other way around.By the way,Allen,I like your new avatar,you're looking good.

[ May 05, 2006, 04:34 AM: Message edited by: eddiecat ]

Allen

May 5 2006, 09:42 AM

I was thinking the same way as well. However, it is nice to be shocked like that from time to time.

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eddiecat:
I always expected it to be the other way around.

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