Word: cass
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...merely herbal medicine's root du jour, a scientifically unproven preparation that is at best useless and at worst dangerous. But doctors and consumers are two different groups, and even as concerns are raised, kava's popularity continues to grow. "I think kava is really hot," says Dr. Hyla Cass, a UCLA psychiatrist and co-author of Kava: Nature's Answer to Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia (Prima Health). "It's a sleeper...
...Food and Drug Administration is less calm. Neither it nor anyone else knows precisely how kava works. The prevailing thinking is that its active ingredient is a class of molecules known as kavalactones, plant metabolites that affect the limbic system, the emotional center of the brain. According to Cass, kava works on the same amino-acid sites as Valium; while Valium binds to so-called GABA receptors, kava causes more of them to form...
...Cass said of fundraisingfor a new digital system. "It will put us at thelevel of a professional recording studio...
...addition, the old equipment, most of whichwas purchased 15 years ago, is expensive tomaintain. Repairs last year cost the group about$2,000. Cass said new equipment, including acomputer, software and digital deck, may be morethan...
...group currently has less than $1,000 in itstreasury, but could easily raise revenue by hikingstudio fees. However, Cass said the group isopposed to charging musicians more...