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Ancient Nubians: A hard life

Rina Risper14 years ago013 mins

Making bones speak: Students analyze a Nubian skeleton from the Middle Ages. More than 400 ancient skeletons from Africa are on loan to MSU from the British Museum. Photo by G.L. Kohuth

E. LANSING, MI — In a narrow, modest laboratory in Michigan State University’s Giltner Hall, students pore over African skeletons from the Middle Ages in an effort to make the bones speak.

Little is known about these Nubians, meaning the information collected by graduate and undergraduate students in MSU’s Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Program will help shed light on this unexplored culture.

From what has already been gathered, life in ancient Nubia could be brutal. Residents of Mis Island – a remote area along the Fourth Cataract of the Nile River in present day Sudan – were plagued by meager diets, high infant mortality and diseases such as scurvy and tuberculosis.

Ask Tamara: My Sister Wants My Kidney and My Wife Says “No!”

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

Dear Tamara:

My wife and I have been having an ongoing argument about whether I should give my sister a kidney. My sister has been sick for awhile and is now in need of a transplant. Out of our eight siblings, I am the only match. Of course everyone in my family is encouraging me to help my sister and at first I thought it was a no-brainer.

I come from a close-knit family and helping each other is what we do. But now my wife has a problem with it and doesn’t want me to go through with the surgery. She has always had an issue with how close I am to my family, especially my mother and my sisters.

Your Other 8 Hours: When You Shouldn’t Listen to Experts: 5 Must-Ask Questions

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services

Experts can be dangerous.

I’m the number-one proponent of using the other eight hours to learn from others, grow and advance, but whenever you find yourself seeking information, guidance or answers from an authority figure such as an expert or doctor, watch out! You just might save your life.

Comcast Announces Agreements With Four New Minority-Owned Independent Networks

Rina Risper14 years ago08 mins

Tom and Lupe Izzo (left) and Magic Johnson (right) at an event in East Lansing, MI, where Magic played basketball at Michigan State University. TNCP photo

Selected Networks Were Proposed By Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Robert Rodriguez, and Constantino “Said” Schwarz

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Comcast Corporation, one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, today announced it has selected four new minority-owned independent networks to be broadly distributed on Comcast Cable systems between April 2012 and January 2014. After a thorough evaluation of more than 100 proposals, Comcast selected four networks – two of which are majority African-American owned and two that are majority American Hispanic owned and operated and programmed in English.

Sleep Apnea: Understanding the Signs and Symptoms

Rina Risper14 years ago08 mins

By Robert C. Robinson III, MD

Recently the wife of the late Reggie White, football legend and NFL Hall of Famer, has been bringing attention to the medical condition that plagued her husband, obstructive sleep apnea. As the obesity epidemic proves to be more of an issue in our community, so

too does sleep apnea. Here are a few points that you and your loved ones need to know about sleep apnea, its symptoms, side effects and treatment.

Interpersonal EDGE: Dealing with Emotional Terrorists

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. Our organization is considering promoting a current vice president to CEO. She is prejudicial and overbearing, has no people skills, calls employees stupid, belittles them many times, resulting in tears, is always right, and yells in public at employees.

How do we deal with the situation if she becomes our permanent CEO?

Retire Smart: After the Super Committee, what next for Social Security, Medicare?

Rina Risper14 years ago09 mins

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services

Older Americans might be thinking they dodged a bullet when the deficit cutting supercommittee process ground to a halt this week without an agreement. Many were watching the negotiations warily, worried that Social Security or Medicare benefits might be cut as part of a grand bargain on the deficit.

Club Ms. In Support of E.V.E.

Rina Risper14 years ago01 mins

News Spotlight: Spring Break: Be Smart, Be Safe

Rina Risper14 years ago03 mins

Spring Break is fast approaching and many students are preparing to travel abroad for a well-deserved vacation. Smart trip-planning involves more than getting a new travel guide and backpack. That’s where the State Department can help: We have resources for students and their parents to prepare for safe, enjoyable trips.

News Spotlight: Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging Hosts Public Forum Older Michigan Adults, Caregivers, and Providers Asked to Provide Input

Rina Risper14 years ago02 mins

The Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging will host a public forum Friday, March 16 from 1:30-3 p.m. in Grand Rapids, to hear from older Michigan residents, their caregivers, aging service providers, and interested others about issues important to them. The forum will take place at the Owen Bieber Building located at 3300 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids.