01/07/2009
Loud Golf Clubs May Damage Hearing (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Did Santa bring you one of those thin-faced titanium, long-distance drivers to put in your golf bag? Did he also leave behind earplugs?
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01/08/2009
Study Finds Loud Golf Clubs Can Damage Hearing (NBC 6 Miami)
A British study has found that some golf clubs can cause hearing damage.
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01/08/2009
Loud Golf Clubs (WSAV Savannah)
Of all the mind numbing, ear drum bending, noise pollution that bombards us, who would have thought that the impact of a flattened composite on a one and half ounce sphere could hurt your hearing?
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01/06/2009
Playing Golf 'Can Make You Go Deaf' (ThirdAge)
Doctors are advising golfers to wear earplugs on the course as the noise from their drivers could cause deafness. The warning follows the case of a 55-year-old golfer who visited hospital complaining of hearing loss and tinnitus in his right ear.
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01/08/2009
Close encounter of the UFO kind with eucalyptus (Wairarapa Times-Age)
Allegedly entranced and "sussed out" by a UFO, a Masterton woman has had her story backed up by a neighbour.
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01/06/2009
Golfer's Ear: Can Big Drives Hurt Your Hearing? (Time Magazine)
A new study suggests that the "crack" of certain golf clubs hitting the ball may be loud enough to cause hearing loss
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01/06/2009
Deep in brain, shocks help Parkinson's symptoms (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Susan Wolter had a scary decision to make. She could continue taking the 13 pills a day she needed to control her Parkinson's disease, along with dealing with the side effects. Or she could allow doctors to implant two long, thin electrodes deep into her brain.
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01/06/2009
Do Titanium drivers damage golfers hearing? (WPTV West Palm Beach)
A British study suggests modern golf equipment can cause hearing loss.
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01/06/2009
'Sonic boom' golf club may 'damage hearing' (The Register)
Fore!! - the new sound of fear Golf isn't exactly known as a sport of deafening noises, but a provocative (albeit suspiciously anecdotal) study is making the rounds claiming golfers may risk losing their hearing by using newfangled thin-faced titanium drivers.…
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01/06/2009
Serendipitous Science: From Noisy Eyeballs to Regulating Information Flow in the Brain (Scientific American)
Men enrolled several years ago in studies of two different high-blood pressure drugs quickly developed potent side effects, yet the drug trials were not halted. In fact, today both drugs are highly successful money makers for the drug companies, Pfizer and Upjohn Corporation. The reason: men found the side effects of both drugs tolerable--indeed, delightful. Miraculously, both drugs answered ...
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