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Origins of Chronic and Debilitating Pain Remain Unclear for Many Sufferers By DAN CHILDS Cynthia Toussaint was a ballerina. She was no stranger to the aches, pains and occasional injuries that came with the trade. So when the pain from an injury to a right hamstring wouldn't subside, Toussaint, then 21, did what she could to endure it. After all, she had auditions to attend -- in particular, a promising role in the musical Fame. When the burning, unrelenting pain was too much to bear, however, she sought a doctor's opinion. "I was told that I wouldn't dance for eight weeks and I thought, 'No, they're wrong,'" she recalls. But the pain would last for much longer than eight weeks. For months it persisted. A year and a half after the pain in her right leg started, she began to experience a similar pain in her left leg. Six and a half years after that, the pain had spread to both arms. The spread of her condition was not always so gradual. One morning, she...

I have been saying this for years. Stop arresting the supply - go after the DEMAND side of prostitution. Rabbi Sherlo rules that men who solicit services of prostitute should be imprisoned A man who visits a prostitute should be sent to jail, according to a special Religious opinion drafted by prominent Religious-Zionist Rabbi Yuval Sherlo. After being approached by National Religious Party Chairman Zevulun Orlev, Sherlo recommended that faction members back MK Zahava Gal-On's bill, which calls for a six-month prison term for men who solicit the services of a prostitute. "The desire to prevent prostitution in Israel should be one of the major moves in maintaining the sanctity of Israel and the status and dignity of women," Sherlo wrote in his response to Orlev's query. "Therefore, one should seemingly be a party to any initiative that advances this reality." However, the rabbi said that the bill proposed by Gal-On is partial and added that some responsibili...