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Milk is often touted as an elixir for bone strength, but new research suggests that those superpowers may be true only to a certain extent. A study published in the Oct. 28 issue of The British Medical Journal suggests that consuming three glasses of milk per day may double women’s risk of dying in 20 years, compared to drinking less than one glass daily, Medical News Today reported. Researchers in Sweden found that the sugar D-galactose—which comprises half of lactose—increases oxidative stress and inflammation of the body. Experimental evidence in various animal species shows that chronic exposure to galactose can...

DEATH AND DYING. . .AGING--ONE'S LAST GIFT J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB l984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME As a believer, I have always been uncomfortable with the American way of death. It strikes me as being particularly pagan. There is too much emphasis on material things at this moment given to the soul. Why the costly caskets? Funeral displays? Elaborate fringes? Gawking at the deceased? "My, doesn't he look nice?" "They did a good job on her, didn't they?" Please. Enough. There has to be another way, I used to ponder. Yet for years, I...