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...frustrated." Another: "Why do you do this to me?" Julie: "Carlos, don't say it until you feel it." Another feeling starts: "I'm so cool." Another: "I've got chirasma." The whole group: "What?" Boy, confused, repeats, "I've got chirasma." Girl: "You mean you got asthma." Laughter. "You mean you got charisma." Julie: "Let's do it. Keep it moving. Today we've got chirasma...
...Last Christmas the same. We were in the car, and he's driving drunk, putting us in danger. And he starts fighting with my big sister, who can't take it. She keeps her unhappiness inside. She ; tried to kill herself one time by swallowing all my grandmother's asthma pills. My other sister tried to kill herself too. They had to clean out her blood in Lutheran. My friend and I went to visit her. I said, "Hi." I was scared to kiss her. I took her hand, and she pulled it and kissed me. A lady psychiatrist...
...people, the chemicals pose no danger. Still, a sizable number are apparently sensitive to sulfites. Their reactions range from hives, nausea, diarrhea and shortness of breath to shock, coma and brain damage, as well as death. Asthmatics appear to be at greatest risk. The FDA estimates that 450,000 asthma sufferers, or 5%, are sulfite sensitive. For many, suggests Immunologist Ronald Simon of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, Calif., the problem stems from sulfur dioxide, which is released by the sulfite solution. The fumes cause spasms in the bronchial tubes, preventing oxygen from getting into...
...third study held implications not only for heart disease but possibly for such ailments as rheumatoid arthritis and asthma. The research, conducted by Harvard scientists, indicated that a fish diet may slow the process of inflammation by altering the chemistry of white blood cells. Preliminary evidence both in animals and humans suggests that such a diet may help relieve symptoms of arthritis and perhaps other inflammatory diseases. However, says Dr. K. Frank Austen of Harvard, it is too early to make any recommendations, and fish-oil experts sound a special note of caution on cod-liver oil, which...
Maria, 49, an engineer, leaning against a park bench: "I didn't know Chernenko was this ill. I thought he had asthma or something. I live in a four-room apartment with my husband. We have a dacha and a government car, so I have nothing to complain of about Chernenko. I look forward to a quiet pension with no stresses...