Archive for June, 2009

Top 10 NCAA Riches to NBA Bust players

1. Ed O’Bannon
Most of the players on this list are remembered for either being great in college (Christian Laettner) or for being NBA busts (Pervis Ellison). Then there’s Ed O’Bannon. He’s just not remembered much at all.
It’s a shame because when he was good, O’Bannon was great. He won national player of the year honors [...]

10 Celebrities Who Are Giving Back

Oprah founded an Angel Network in her name that has sent deserving students to college, built homes for families in need and more. Oprah’s Angel Network has raised more than $50 million for nonprofit organizations across the world. Through her foundation, Oprah has also awarded hundreds of education grants to women, children and families in [...]

20 memory tricks you’ll never forget.

Give Your Brain a Boost
Can’t remember where you put your glasses? Blanked on your new colleague’s name? “Forgetting these types of things is a sign of how busy we are,” says Zaldy S. Tan, MD, director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “When we’re not paying good attention, [...]

41 Secrets Your Doctor Would Never Share

We’re Impatient
• I am utterly tired of being your mother. Every time I see you, I have to say the obligatory “You need to lose some weight.” But you swear you “don’t eat anything” or “the weight just doesn’t come off,” and the subject is dropped. Then you come in here complaining about your [...]