Grand Slam tennis tournaments refer to four different tennis tournaments: The French Open, Wimbledon, The US Open and The Australian Open.

They are called Grand Slams because in 1938 Don Budge won all four tournaments. The term originated from American writer Allison Danzig, who wrote that like a bridge player, Budge scored a ‘Grand Slam’ of victories.

The phrase started to become popular, but the Grand Slam events were in no way affiliated with one another until in 1989 when a committee was formed. This committee now forms the rules of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Pete Sampras has won the most singles men’s Grand Slam titles with 14 titles total. Sampras, however, never did win a French Open title. Margaret Court has won the most on the ladies side with 24 titles to her name.

Only two men have won all four events in one year, Budge in 1938 and Rod Laver in 1962 and 1969. Three women have taken all four titles in one year, they are: Maureen Connolly in 1963, Margaret Court in 1970 and Steffi Graff in 1988. Graff also went on that year to win a gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics; her 1988 season is referred to as “The Golden Grand Slam.”

Teen drug abuse is starting to increase after several years of it slowly decreasing. The reason behind this, I think, is because so many teens are abusing over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Once this abuse begins, addiction quickly follows. The only way to help the addict is to get him or her into an addiction recovery program. A long term drug rehab program will help teach the person coping skills so that he or she is able to re-enter society and stay sober.

Often what happens is that a person with a drug or alcohol problem will only seek short term or outpatient care. The time that is allowed for in the short term care facilities do not help the addict learn how to live without substances. They usually just have enough time to get the substance out of the addict’s system.

Addiction recovery takes time. It takes several months and then years of practice to learn how to read. Learning how to live without drugs and alcohol cannot be taught overnight. The skills must be practiced and thought about for an extended period of time.

But in the meantime, parents should monitor the over-the-counter and prescription drugs in the house and keep an eye on their teenagers and young adults.

Google and the Cleveland Clinic are beginning a pilot project to link the health information for some of clinic’s patients with Google personal health records. The pilot project will last six to eight weeks, and involve less than 10,000 patients.

The Cleveland Clinic has more than 100,000 patients and many of those are retirees who spend some of the year elsewhere such as Arizona and Florida. And when they go, their medical records don’t follow says Dr. C. Martin Harris, the clinic’s chief information officer. Read more