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Adult sufferers find acne is hard to face
Age lines and acne? This wasn't supposed to happen. Acne, normally the bane of teenagers, was flaring up on Kim Noble's 50-year-old face, causing the Atlanta businesswoman no small degree of frustration. "I started when I was a teenager with acne problems, and as I got older, it got worse," she says. "I was told it was due to stress and hormones. I've tried everything that was out there, from (rubbing) alcohol to injections to Accutane to Proactiv," says Noble, who has been seeing a dermatologist for years but still has flare-ups. She's not alone. Dr. Jodi Ganz, an Atlanta dermatologist, estimates half her patients are adults with mild to severe acne breakouts. "There are a ton of people with adult acne. For women, flare-ups usually occur the week before their periods; that's what we call hormonally linked acne.
Casio Exilim EX-V7 digital camera
It turned out to be a challenge to get very worked up one way or the other about Casio's Exilim EX-V7 , a camera that balances out to be an almost perfectly average point-and-shoot. On the plus side, the 7x zoom lens covers a lot of territory, and the camera's battery life of almost 1,195 shots per charge is exceptional for its class. (The Nikon Coolpix S50c [ ] holds the lowest score, with 347 shots per charge; Samsung's NV11 [ ] performed best, achieving 1,233.) Throw in a few points, too, for a full range of manual exposure controls, a rarity in this category. On the mildly annoying side, there's the zoom slider control, which is awkwardly placed adjacent and vertical to the LCD screen. Also, image stabilization proved too ineffective in most situations. And the plastic docking cradle, required to recharge the battery, will take up more room in a suitcase than most folks would care to sacrifice.
Steroids testing debated
Texas looks to begin testing athletes next month, the result of a two-year, $6 million program approved by the state's legislature last May.New Jersey and Florida already do. So why not Oklahoma?Area coaches favor such testing, but they have one overriding concern — the cost."The problem is that it's so expensive," Muskogee football coach Matt Hennesy said. "Where would the funding come from, I don't know."Hennesy remembers when he was an assistant coach at Jenks and he said it cost $100 per test for steroids."If you figure 100 football players, you're talking about $10,000," he said. "(The cost) may have changed since then. I think it's great (to have testing). I don't see how anyone can afford it."According to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article, the cost per test in Texas will be $175.
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