CONTENTS THE CHALDEAN NEWS VOLUME 2 ISSUE III APRIL2005 HEALTH GUIDE features 24 BABY BLUES BY VANESSA DENHA-GARMO With more couples waiting to have children, infertility is not uncommon 14 18 26 COPING WITH CROHN’S AND COLITIS BY JOYCE WISWELL Conditions common in Chaldean community 28 BYPASSING THE POUNDS AWAY BY CHRISTINA GAPPY Understanding gastric bypass surgery 32 PROSTATE CANCER BY JOYCE WISWELL What you need to know 34 GETTING PERSONAL BY JOYCE WISWELL Do you need a trainer? 28 39 CHALDEAN TEENS AND DRUGS BY CRYSTAL JABIRO The link between them, their parents and the community 40 ‘WACKY IRAQI’ GETS LAUGHS BY OMAR BINNO Chaldean comic is gaining a following 24 40 departments 8 FROM THE EDITOR 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10 NOTEWORTHY 12 CHAI TIME 14 IRAQ TODAY 16 CALC CORNER 17 BOUSHALA BY SAMIRA YAKO CHOLAGH Kaak El Simsem: Sesame Cookies 18 ONE-ON-ONE Saul Anuzis: Michigan Republican Party’s New Chair 42 MEAP REMAINS CONTROVERSIAL BY JENNIFER T. KORAIL Foreign-born students struggle with standardized test 20 HALHOLE! 22 RELIGION 22 OBITUARIES 36 THE DOCTOR IS IN BY DR. ALAA MANSOUR Snuff the Smoke 38 FROM THE BENCH BY DIANE DICKOW D’AGOSTINI What You Need to Know About Your Kids and Drugs 44 ECONOMICS AND ENTERPRISE BY JENNIFER T. KORAIL A Chocolate Enterprise 46 CLASSIFIED LISTINGS APRIL2005 CHALDEAN NEWS 7
