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To: Feathered Propeller who wrote (19131)	7/13/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

>>Computers are making office workers sick by flooding their bodies with harmful radiation, researchers said today. Bunk. I've sat in front of two or more monitors for over 20 years, and it hasn't affected me nnn...nnn...none!

To: Feathered Propeller who wrote (19131)	7/14/1999 12:28:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

The same might be said for 3COM's efforts for its stockholders. They were said to be responsible for a host of symptoms, ranging from fatigue to backache and depression. As to computers, I have been very close to them since '61 and have sat close to the TV CRT since the age of 10. Things are much worse than stated, I blame them both for my death some 10 years ago. o~~~ O

To: Feathered Propeller who wrote (19131)	7/14/1999 4:45:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

I have pills to cure that if you care to place an order. Or if pills are a problem we have special eye wear, protective suits and Radiation blocker. Something for all budgets. For public safety reasons somebody turn off the Internet.

To: Feathered Propeller who wrote (19131)	7/14/1999 12:54:00 PM
From: Feathered Propeller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

"Education shrinks brain" (Uh...OT...I think) (info provided to avoid being "blindsided" by your school age children at the dinner table) timesofindia.com DETROIT:First the bad news: Older people with lots of education show more brain shrinkage than those who spent less time hitting the books. The good news is higher education levels give the elderly more protection from dementia and memory loss, according to a medical study released Monday. ''Our brain cells are dying, but if we have educated ourselves, that provides a buffering effect such that our functioning remains intact,'' said Dr Edward Coffey, chair of the Henry Ford Health System Department of Psychiatry and principal investigator for the study. The research, published in the July issue of the journal Neurology, examined 320 healthy men and women from 66-90 years old. Using magnetic resonance imaging, researchers measured brain size by tracking cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the outside of the brain. The study found that elderly people with 16 years of education had 8-10 per cent more fluid around their brains than did those who had only gone to school for four years. Dr Coffey was quick to point out the study did not conclude that lots of education causes smaller brains. In fact, he said everyone's brain starts shrinking beginning at young adulthood. On average, a person's brain will shrink 2.5 per cent every 10 years. Dr Coffey likened the effect of a high amount of schooling on the brain to exercising a muscle to keep it in shape. ''Everybody has some shrinkage. We're able to tolerate it to different extents. If you have more education, the shrinkage causes less problems for you than those with less education,'' he said. Dr Coffey is the same researcher who published a study in February 1998 that found men's brains shrink faster with age than women's.(Reuters)