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...times higher in the Southeast U.S., which, for reasons unknown-perhaps diet, water supply or climate-has one of the highest rates of kidney stones in the world. Usually a stone will be spontaneously excreted by the sufferer. But each year about 200,000 Americans are hospitalized for the ailment, and 10% to 25% require major surgery that is both costly and painful...
William Black was assuring everyone last week that he was not dead. Eighty plus, yes, but not dead. Afflicted with heart trouble, a bleeding ulcer and a third ailment he will not disclose, yes, but still not dead. Said Black: "I know how Mark Twain must have felt when he stated that reports of his demise had been greatly exaggerated...
...estimated 200,000 Americans now annually undergo operations known as laminectomies to correct this ailment. The new technique, called chemonucleolysis, may eliminate the need for up to 75% of such surgery. In the hourlong procedure, the surgeon, guided by images on a fluoroscope, inserts a 6-in. needle into the gelatinous core of the disc and injects 1 to 1.5 milliliters (about one-third of a teaspoon) of chymopapain into the disc. Within seconds, the pulpy tissue dissolves, relieving pressure on the nerves...
...scheduled for a space walk outside their cabin. But the EVA (NASAese for extravehicular activity) had to be postponed when Astronaut Bill Lenoir, 43, one of the space agency's new breed of scientifically trained mission specialists, came down with a bad case of space sickness, a puzzling ailment that afflicts about half of all travelers in zero-g. Lenoir may have contributed to his own queasiness by indulging a passion for spicy-hot jalapeño peppers during the flight...
...three principal characters in the opera are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth-to whom you charmingly refer simply as "Lady"-and the witches. The women of the Met chorus dig into their demonic roles impressively. And Mimes, after taking four months off from opera last season to recover from a throat ailment, is singing more robustly than ever. But what about Madame Scotto as your Lady...