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...darling little minnows--breakfast, lunch and dinner. I should have seen the cavity coming, as the enamel on my back molars had clearly worn thin: I could no longer deal with food at extreme temperatures and everything had to be served at room temp. I was bad to the bone...

Author: By Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, | Title: Sweet Dreams are Made of These | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

...found for sale on Bourbon Street in New Orleans along with the 24-hour booze; a group of lawyers in Little Rock, Ark., takes it occasionally, as does a cheerleading captain at a Miami high school. The drug is also showing up in hip-hop circles. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony raps a paean to it on its latest album: "Oh, man, I don't even f___ with the weed no more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is...A Pill?: The Science: The Lure Of Ecstasy | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

Typically, gene therapists use viruses to deliver replacement genes into a patient's body. In a slight variation on that strategy, Fischer and his colleagues removed some of the children's bone marrow, sorted out the cells they needed and infected them with the gene-bearing virus. Then the researchers injected the treated cells back into their young patients. Within two weeks, the children started showing signs of a healthy immune system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubble-Free | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...Half a Heart not only keeps its eventual outcome engagingly in doubt but also accomplishes a remarkably evenhanded treatment of its racially charged subject. Some whites and some blacks may dislike parts of what they read, which will only demonstrate that Brown is writing very close to the bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Study in Living Colors | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Though it's never too late to start, Nelson urges women to begin pumping iron at least by their 30s and 40s, because that's when bones start to thin. Lifting weights for 30 min. two to three times a week can slow or even reverse that bone loss. Don't be worried about bulging muscles; women produce too little testosterone to really bulk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miriam Nelson | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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