Word: ailments
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...enduring is this storytelling need that it shapes nearly every human endeavor. Businesses depend on the stories told of past failures and successes, and on the myth of the mission of the company. In medicine, doctors increasingly rely on a patient's narrative of the progress of an ailment, which is inevitably more nuanced and useful than the data of machines. In law, the same thing. Every court case is a competition of tales told by the prosecutor and defense attorney; the jury picks the one it likes best...
RICKETS REDUX Virtually eradicated by the 1960s, the childhood ailment rickets, a vitamin-D deficiency that leads to soft bones, poor growth and seizures, is making a surprise comeback. In a study, doctors found 30 cases among black babies whose mothers had breastfed without vitamin supplements. African Americans are vulnerable because dark skin inhibits absorption of sunlight, needed to produce vitamin D. Tip for moms: use supplements--breast milk has less than 25% of the vitamin D babies need...
...York--now that's where all if the intrigue is. Start with baseball. Every year, the New York Yankees dedicate their season to another Bomber of the past or present--sometimes two--who has come down with a life or career-threatening ailment. Every year, Darryl Strawberry will find another way to disgrace and then redeem himself in the eyes of the faithful...
With the NCAA tournament fresh in everyone's minds and with Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs right around the corner, postseason fever is certainly becoming a more prevalent ailment...
...sport. Four years ago, a tabloid magazine in Japan ran a series of articles alleging yakuza (Japanese mafia) ties and match rigging. Making the claims then were two ex-wrestlers, who died suddenly within 15 hours of each other in the same Nagoya hospital and of the same respiratory ailment. Sumo is indeed filled with mystery. Itai is aware of the fate of previous whistle-blowers. One of the deceased wrestlers was his stable master...