Word: abdomen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Gershwin era as music by George, as Wilfrid Sheed observes in his piece "Setting the Standards" [MUSIC, Oct. 5], but no one could ever miss the unique alliterations of Ira Gershwin. Who else would ever come up with lines like "he made his home in dat fish's abdomen" and "maybe Tuesday will be my good news...
Today, the Pilates exercise system remains relatively similar to its founder's original concept. It is designed to lengthen and strengthen muscles, to increase flexibility and to rehabilitate injuries. It targets every woman's post-freshman 15 nemesis--the abdomen, lower back, upper thighs and buttocks. Promised Joseph Pilates, "You will feel better in 10 sessions, look better in 20 sessions, and have a completely new body in 30 sessions...
...Mary Halm, 38, of Chillicothe, Ohio, developed a severe case of endometriosis, in which extraneous uterine tissue permeated her abdomen and left her writhing in pain. Several operations paid for by her HMO failed to remove all the offending tissue. Then her primary-care physician told Halm about a specialist in Atlanta who had developed a novel technique for treating the disease. The HMO refused to refer her, saying there were plenty of specialists in Ohio who could care for her. (Name one, she said. They wouldn't.) Halm appealed the decision for nine months with no response. Finally...
...blood vessel. For instance, researchers at Ixsys, a biotech company in San Diego, have developed an artificial antibody that dissolves the biochemical glue that holds a tumor's capillaries together. Indeed, one of the patients in their safety study exceeded all expectations when two of the tumors in his abdomen shrank 70%. "I've been on the drug now for over a year," says Barry Riccio, a college professor from Illinois who is suffering from a rare sarcoma. "I have more energy than I did just nine months ago, and I've gained back a lot of weight...
...Pilates, a German boxer, at the turn of the century. A sickly child, he obsessed about the perfect body, something to combine the physique of the ancient Greeks with the meditative strength of the East. The result was 500 exercises requiring intense concentration and centered mainly on a strong abdomen, as well as deep stretching. "This is your powerhouse," says Pilates master teacher Romana Kryzanowska, 75, her hand on her stomach. "With that you can do this": her right leg scissors into a kick that would make a Rockette cry, with her poodle Bijoux nestled nonchalantly in her left...