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In the study, published in the Oct. 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers at Geneva University in Switzerland reviewed the medical records of 844 patients diagnosed with localized, early-stage prostate cancer between 1989 and 1998: 158 patients received prostatectomy, or surgical removal of all or part...
producing a condition known as hyponatremia. The result: excess fluid is sucked from the bloodstream into cells--including brain cells--making them swell. Pressure grows inside the skull, and that can lead to permanent damage, even death.
The study looked at the blood of 488 runners in the 2002 Boston Marathon. An astonishing 13% of them showed clear signs of hyponatremia, and three were at the danger level. The condition is most likely to strike novice runners, as élite athletes don't want to lose seconds...
It was in this third group of runners that Chad Schieber, 35, fell to the ground. A Michigan policeman, Schieber was pronounced dead at an area hospital at 12:50 p.m. (an autopsy later showed he had a heart condition). It was unclear if he, like Hayes, had been denied...
For a book written by a woman, about many, many women, “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History†surprisingly speaks to both genders. Engaging from the introduction, 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s newest book is an attempt to answer some of...