Word: burn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mitchell Sams of the University of Alabama in Birmingham recalls one patient with a second-degree "flash burn all over" his body. His mistake: sunbathing outdoors for an hour after visiting a tanning salon the same day; he did not realize that sun lamps can dramatically boost the effect of sunlight. "His entire epidermis peeled off," says Sams. "We didn't think he was going to live...
...wear goggles and limit exposure, are patchily enforced. Most sun- lamp worshipers assume they are protected because the type of radiation produced in most tanning machines is largely UVA (alpha) light instead of UVB (beta) light, which quickly reddens fair skin. Although alpha rays do not appear to burn, says Dr. Michael Franzblau, president of the Congress of California Dermatological Societies, "they're even more dangerous because of the damage they cause to underlying tissue." UVA, he explains, can cause allergic reactions in people on medications as commonplace as tranquilizers...
...there a consensus? No. Despite agreement that Washington must do something, the question of what ignites differences that burn beneath mere partisanship to issues of deep ideology. For example, should the Government be encouraging women to work and turn their children over to someone else's care? Thus child care is potentially one of the hottest topics of the presidential $ and congressional campaigns. Unlike debates over the budget or trade policy, this one hits millions of voters directly where they live. "The issue of child care is politically ripe," says Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin, who has almost single-handedly...
Sixty-six percent of all children with AIDS received the disease from mothers who were IV drug users, according to Dr. James Curran of the Shriners Burn Institute...
...what a President Bush or a President Dukakis should do: launch viable, cost-effective initiatives to renew the Government's commitment to jobs and education. If nothing further is done, more children will be seduced by the lucrative drug business. More young crack dealers will become crack addicts and burn out before they turn 20. More will wind up as fatalities of the drug...