News lifestyle 2008-05-29 Andanh.com

Packing for one suitcase, that is Wed, 28 May 2008 19:18 EDT

NEW YORK . It's time to think of the inside of your carry-on suitcase as .real .estate: Make the most of what you have, keep it functional and make neatness count.

The carry-on bag could be the solution to some of the summer travel season's likely woes . including checked baggage fees on American Airlines and possibly other carriers . but it also has the potential to cause headaches. You don't want to find a rumpled mess when you arrive at your destination or spend your vacation shivering or sweating because you weren't ready for the weather.

It is possible to pack fashionable clothes in an efficient way. Some tips from the pros:

Choosing a good bag

Daily checkup Wed, 28 May 2008 08:11 EDT
SIGN UP AS AN ORGAN DONOR

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates are encouraging people to volunteer to become organ and tissue donors and will display a memorial quilt Friday at Central Baptist Hospital. Visitors may sign the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry, which serves as legal consent to donate organs and tissues. The memorial quilt on display will feature local people who became organ donors. A non-profit organization, KODA is the federally designated organ procurement organization that serves most of the state of Kentucky. A representative will be in the front lobby of Central Baptist's Building E, at 1740 Nicholasville Road, Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Those who wish to sign the registry should bring their driver's licenses as identification.

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS HELP STROKE PATIENTS

Doctors might want to give stroke victims anti-depressants right away instead of waiting until they develop depression, a common complication, new research suggests. Someday, high-risk people like stroke patients might take the drugs before suffering depression -- just as people now take cholesterol drugs to prevent heart attacks, the lead author said.

The researchers gave low doses of the anti-depressant Lexapro to stroke patients. The patients on the drug were 41/2 times less likely to develop depression than patients taking a dummy pill.

Hope center helps rebuild lives Tue, 27 May 2008 19:41 EDT

Nat Morrow's main interest growing up was playing in a rock band.

At age 15, he started drinking, and slowly his life devolved into writing songs, playing music and drinking till he passed out, .all in the name of rock 'n' roll,. he said.

.I was drinking myself to death..

That was until one night last year he got drunk and fell into a pile of scrap metal and sliced up his face. His parents found him the next morning, bloody and passed-out in their front yard in Midway.

Can "Sex and the City' bust gender barrier? Wed, 28 May 2008 19:18 EDT

NEW YORK .. Can a pure chick flick become a hit? Yes, if it draws a diverse enough swath of female moviegoers. For Sex and the City , that will be the big question.

There are indications that the film, which opens Friday, is attracting a lot of interest from women of all ages . not just those the same ages of the four lead actresses, who range from their early 40s to older than 50.

.We can't remember the last time a movie has created so much anticipation among female moviegoers from their 20s through their 40s,. said Harry Medved, a spokesman for Fandango, the online movie ticket site.

Medved said many women seem to be planning to go in groups. .We are getting a surprising number of requests for group ticket sales from women planning Sex and the City get-togethers,. he said.

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