Word: abdomen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Beyond that, says Dr. Lawrence Einhorn of Indiana University, who treated Lance Armstrong, "we have looked at several risk factors, and the only one that's really been proved is cryptorchidism." In plain English, that means undescended testicles. In a male fetus, the testicles normally develop inside the abdomen and descend into the scrotal sac before birth. In some cases, though, one (and sometimes both) of the testicles stays inside the body. The laggard normally drops into place in the child's first year of life, though surgery is sometimes needed to help it along...
...your own kid, there is a temptation for more mature citizens to view great wealth at an early age as contrary to the laws of nature. Did God really mean for someone to have a private jet and a flat abdomen at the same time? Isn't one supposed to compensate for the absence of the other? On a related subject, how old should a trophy wife be if the fabulously successful businessman who feels the need of a trophy is only 27 years old himself...
...diseases turn on angiogenesis and don't turn it off," he says. "Arthritis, where vessels grow on the joints; blindness in diabetics; endometriosis, where there's bleeding in the abdomen from the lining of the uterus gone up the tube...
...helicopter took Laster to another hospital, where she arrived in critical condition. The bullet had lodged in her abdomen, and surgeons had to repair her intestines. But the operation went well, and Stephanie will probably be home within days. By Friday she was able to talk with friends and family, folks so bighearted they sat around her hospital bed and said how awful they feel for T.J. Solomon...
...sessions are in the $50-to-$60-an-hour range. A less costly technique based on Pilates' methods can be done on the floor using a mat. The multitude of exercise variations focuses on controlling breathing, joining it to movement and developing the power center: the abdomen and lower torso...