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...BLOOD Prosecutors contend that O.J. left blood--his own and that of his victims--around the crime scene, in his car and at his home. Defense attorneys say the blood was either contaminated by police incompetence, making DNA tests unreliable, or planted by Fuhrman and Vannatter. To support the latter claim, they point out that blood disappeared from the lab sample taken from Simpson's arm for comparison purposes in the DNA tests. A nurse originally testified that the sample contained around 8 cc of blood on June 13, but according to defense testimony it lost 1.5 cc of blood...
...Clinton aide put it, "He's road testing new material.'' Even on Medicaid, the health-care program mostly for the poor that Republicans propose to hand back to the states, Clinton has been warning that the G.O.P. plan threatens government support for long-term care, leaving baby boomers to contend with their parents' nursing-home bills. "I don't think that's right'' is a big applause line...
...Consumer Reports in July examined homeopathic treatments for vaginal yeast infections, noting that the 28X dilution means that "the mixture had 10 trillion quadrillion times as much of the inert ingredients as active ingredients." To stimulate the body's defenses with little--or none--of the original medication, scientists contend, would require a miracle...
Belief is the entire process, contend scientists. About 30% of positive reactions to all drugs can be attributed simply to patients' faith in their power, the so-called placebo effect. "Thought processes can control people's responses," says Purdue's Tyler. "You might as well take a milk-sugar tablet. It's a lot cheaper...
...highly respected forensic expert testified in the O.J. Simpson murder trial that blood on victim Ron Goldman's clothing could have come from a shoe--but not the Bruno Magli shoe that prosecutors contend was worn by the killer. There was still no ruling on the admissibility of tapes that allegedly contain racist remarks and confessions of evidence planting by recently retired L.A.P.D. detective Mark Fuhrman, a key prosecution witness. Fuhrman's lawyer said his client might seek Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination if he takes the stand again...