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...classmates taunted me for my inability to read, to pronounce properly, to mix [socially]. I could not figure what was wrong with my brain. I only learned what my disorders were when I attended law school at Leeds University in Britain. Even though the drugs to combat these disorders are experimental, they give affected kids a chance to lead a normal life. These unfortunate children have to be brave and strong. To them, I say, change "impossible" to "I'm possible." Johnny Ting Sabah, Malaysia...
Research performed by scientists at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center may lead to the production of drugs to combat the deadly toxin secreted by anthrax bacteria...
...drugs could prove a more effective treatment for exposure to anthrax since current antibiotics combat only anthrax bacteria and not the toxins they secrete...
...earth to fix it. The glitch that guaranteed that the space shuttle Columbia would disintegrate on re-entry occurred at lift-off, and none of the rocket scientists at NASA saw it coming. A sizable proportion of military deaths in Iraq were caused not even by enemy combat but by accident, human error, friendly fire...
Michael and Jim were flown by helicopter to Baghdad's 28th Combat Support Hospital, where correspondents Brian Bennett, Michael Ware and Phil Zabriskie, photo-operations manager Bill Kalis and photographer Yuri Kozyrev stayed with them and helped organize their departure for a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. At the same time, Washington bureau chief Michael Duffy and senior correspondent Mark Thompson set aside the profile of Rumsfeld they were co-writing to press the Pentagon for assistance and information on transferring Jim and Michael out of Iraq. By Friday, enough had been established for Michele Stephenson, director of photography...