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...fireworks you experienced last weekend had more to do with the acid in your stomach than the starbursts overhead, you probably blamed it on that one last hot dog you ate before reaching for a bottle of Maalox or a package of Pepcid AC. Most of the time, these and other heartburn remedies are all that are necessary to settle your stomach. But if you suffer from regular bouts of acid indigestion, you may need more than just a drugstore fix; you could have a more serious condition called gastroesophageal reflux disorder, or GERD, which can severely damage the esophagus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heartburn Hazards | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...considerable knowledge of Cyberspace and the computer world with insights from guest speakers, who include Alan K. Simpson, a life-long friend, director of the IOP and U.S. Senator of Wyoming from 1978 to 1996; Charles R. Nesson '60, Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; and "Acid Phreak," a former member of a group of Internet hackers known as the "Legion of Doom...

Author: By Melissa L. Franke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Perry Barlow Discusses Computer-Age Law | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

...Internet friendship between Barlow and "Acid Phreak," which evolved on the computer bulletin board "The Well," that first inspired Barlow to create...

Author: By Melissa L. Franke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Perry Barlow Discusses Computer-Age Law | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

This interest, combined with the "virtual"meeting of Acid Phreak, led Barlow to considerCyberspace a "social space instead of a network ofwires, [or a] community in absence of place...

Author: By Melissa L. Franke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Perry Barlow Discusses Computer-Age Law | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

FOLATE FOR ALL A new recommendation for women of childbearing age: take a daily supplement of 400 micro-grams of folic acid, a B vitamin, to prevent birth defects. A separate study finds that eating cereal fortified with 400 mcg of folic acid can lower a man's blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid linked to heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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