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Doctors at the Mayo Clinic first became suspicious last year, when a 41-year-old woman complaining of shortness of breath came to the Minnesota facility for repair work on a leaky heart valve. When they opened up her heart, surgeons noticed that the valve was white and shiny, suggesting some sort of drug reaction. The drugs she had been taking, it turned out, were fen/phen, the appetite suppressants fenfluramine and phentermine that have become the diet pills of choice among weight-conscious Americans...
...Denny's by the intersection of Mission and Gabriel, where Jewel washed her hair at the sink and, with suds still on her head, winced when people behind her complained about the homeless. A chronic kidney disease forced her into the hospital at one point--though at first, clinic after clinic turned her away because of her poverty...
...debut has received a chilly response. New York Post reviewer Dan Aquilante described most of the tunes as depressing, adding "no one is going to accuse Dr. Death of a killer performance." Ever the pragmatist, Kevorkian will channel $4 dollars from the sale of each CD towards a future clinic for doctor-assisted suicide...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a major blow to anti-abortion activists, the Supreme Court today turned away without comment a challenge to the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act banning the use of force, threats and blockades at reproductive health care facilities. The court's decision effectively leaves intact several lower court ruling which found the law not in violation of the constitutional rights of anti-abortion activists. The plaintiffs had argued that the law discriminates against the beliefs of anti-abortion protesters and violates their right of free speech and assembly. They also said that Congress lacked authority...
...this last critique that got me in some trouble--specifically in how I related this choice metaphor to Presto's early-season appearance: "'Stop, drop and roll' is sound advice during a fire drill, not a goaltending clinic...