Healthbolt

The Sunday Sidebar.

by Liz on May 18th, 2008

Finally, sleeping after no sleep for three years - most new parents expect that their sleep will be disturbed, at least during the first few months after having a baby. But imagine ‘no sleep for three years’. That’s the case for the Lamb family of St.Petersburg, Florida.

 Their son Rhett suffers from chiari malformation , a structural defect that puts pressure on the brain stem which controls vital functions such as sleep, speech, circulation, and breathing. But thanks to experimental surgery designed to relieve this pressure, Rhett (and his parents) are now sleeping…

Unable to Forget - although most of us would love to have better recall of past events, no one wants to remember every single life event. After all, there are somethings in life that you just don’t want to remember. But for one woman, all events - good and bad - are stuck in her memory and won’t let go. She is Jill Price, author of ‘The Woman Who Can’t Forget’.

A Personality Test for Your Cat - The Feline-ality program, developed by Dr. Emily Weiss of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is little like a ‘What Kind of Cat are you?’ quiz.

Might sound entertaining but this program, currently running in 45 shelters, aims to end the animal-human mismatches that often results in the cat being returned to the shelter. Prospective adoptees fill in a questionaire which gives them a color code. This color code will match up with a suitable cat personality - ‘leader of the band’, ‘the personal assistant’, or the ‘private investigator’ - that will make for a happy home for both human and cat.

Share This

Related Stories

The Sunday Sidebar.
The Sunday Sidebar.
The Sunday Sidebar…
The Sunday Sidebar.
The Sunday Sidebar.

POSTED IN: Animals, Endurance, Extreme, Health, Misc., Oddities, Stress, Surgery, The Sunday Sidebar