Word: ailments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suddenly, hand braces seem a la mode. People don't ask anymore when they see friends with braces on both wrists. Repetitive Strain Injury, or RSI, has become a way of life for many Harvard students. For others it is a common ailment they hope to avoid...
...although Roanak V. Desai '00 noted he had to wait for a physical therapy appointment, he said his UHS primary care physician was quite helpful in diagnosing and explaining his ailment...
...courts are far from perfect, says John Rabun of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But they're not as bad as Faye claims. And turning children into fugitives, ripping them away from friends and family and home, can be "a cure worse than the ailment." In several of Faye's cases, mothers have been found, prosecuted and jailed, creating horrible new problems for the children...
FAMILY SKELETONS More evidence that if your mother has osteoporosis, you may be at risk for it: researchers have found a mutation in a gene that codes for collagen (the tough fibrous protein in skin and bone), which could predispose women to the bone-weakening ailment...
...popping Viagra won't grow hair on your palms. But your childhood priest may have been right about another sex-related ailment. The American Academy of Ophthalmology says that the wildly popular potency pill may cause "retinal dysfunction and affect the way we see for a number of hours" -- including giving the world a "bluish tinge," spokesman Dr. Michael F. Marmor said in a statement Monday...