| TheStar.com | Health | Wave of pain to come for boomers
I have been working in pain for the past 25 years and for most of that time it was a backwater," says Mike Salter, director of the Centre for the Study of Pain at the U of T. He's buoyed by the fact pain is now an exciting field that's beginning to attract more researchers. Canada, in fact, has become a world leader in pain research, says Lynch. And members of the boomer generation will be the ultimate benefactors. Often characterized as self-indulgent, boomers – unlike previous generations – are less likely to suffer silently and will not tolerate a medical community that makes them feel crazy simply because they want relief for what seems like an inexplicable pain. We need to get on top of this issue now, says Lynch. Enormous strides have been made in the understanding of the mechanics of pain, particularly the difference between acute and chronic pain.
'Broker' now faces criminal charges in $4M stock fraud scheme
NEWARK, N.J. - A self-styled stockbroker, already under a court order to repay $5.7 million to aggrieved investors, now could face prison time.
Brian D. Winters was indicted Friday on criminal charges of money laundering, securities fraud and theft.
The Ocean County man is accused of soliciting over $4 million from more than 350 people from August 2002 to September 2003. He claimed to be a licensed stock broker selling securities issued by one of his companies, Global Trading Investments LLC, state prosecutors said.
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Feud of Week: Toyota ready to win? 21? Got ID? Qualified mess?
Absolutely. Bringing in Joe Gibbs Racing was exactly what the struggling manufacturer needed and in retrospect probably should have done from the start, rather than funding upstart and low-budget teams like Michael Waltrip Racing, Team Red Bull and Bill Davis Racing. Gibbs gives Toyota instant credibility, something that was lacking big time after last year's debacle, as well as star power with the trio of Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch. Plus JGR's R&D will no doubt have a halo effect on the rest of the Toyota camp, already paying dividends in the fast times we have seen from the Camry drivers in Daytona and Las Vegas testing. Toyota wins multiple times this year with the first coming sooner than later. .
The Conservative Minority
That's a broad brush, but you get the point. And we have the blogosphere to make things more interesting; we all have these cyber-friends whom we've admired for years suddenly going crazy on us with their support for candidate X and their obstinate refusal to understand that candidate Y is the only one who can win. .
Hornish shines in NASCAR debut
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – There was no time for Sam Hornish Jr. to celebrate his 15th-place showing in Daytona 500. The open-wheel star had to hustle back to Ohio to pitch in on diaper duty. Hornish's first child, a daughter, was born the week he reported to Daytona, and his commitment to racing caused him to miss 10 of the first 14 days of her life. He raced home after Sunday's season opener so he could take over the midnight feedings wife Crystal had been handling alone. "I've been gone for about five days out of each week over the past two weeks that she's been around," he said. "My wife's been pretty much home alone taking care of things herself, and I had to give her a little bit of a break. It's been great as a first-time father and is something that I've been looking forward to for a very long time.
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