Word: anestheticized
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Alas, some of the secrets of the male house remain lost. During his initiation, N'donazi recalls, he was given a plant to chew that numbed the pain of the incision. He wistfully notes that he has not since been able to find that natural anesthetic.
Several studies have tracked the patients of AIDS-infected doctors and dentists, but to date there has not been a single confirmed case of the virus' being transmitted from a health-care worker to a patient. The Florida incident involving Kimberly Bergalis, 22, who allegedly acquired the virus from her...
Not all of the new delivery systems are directed at life-threatening diseases. Scientists at Advanced Polymer Systems of Redwood City, Calif., have turned to a more consumer-oriented line: synthetic microsponges averaging one- thousandth of an inch in size and containing 10 ft. to 20 ft. of drug- filled...
Light of Day, like many of Paul Schrader's scripts (Taxi Driver, Hardcore, Cat People), uses a strong, simple story to anchor a metaphor for social, familial or sexual relationships. But here he is so true to the characters' desperation that he deprives his film of the electric juice rock...
The prostate procedure is considered low risk. The President will remain conscious, requiring only a local anesthetic. The surgery involves no major cutting, and he should be out of the hospital in three or four days. Tissue removed during the operation will be routinely tested for cancer. Malignancies are sometimes...