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Unfortunately, there's no cure for celiac disease, which seems to be caused by a genetic defect. But there is a remedy that's 100% effective: stay away from gluten. That isn't as easy as it sounds. Breads and cereals are obvious sources of the offending protein, but it's also used--and not always labeled--as an additive in cold cuts, soups, soy sauce, malt vinegar and even jelly beans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Allergic to Wheat? | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...George W. Bush's limp efforts. My guess is that Clinton will have a memorial better than an eternal flame: the collective respect of those who know that through transgression, suffering and humility, we reach our full human potential. Marilyn Keegan Cape Town The Context of Restraint In "The Cure For Iraq Fatigue" [June 7], about political speechifying on the Iraq situation, Joe Klein seems to have forgotten a bit of context in disparaging the U.S. forces' "retreat" from Fallujah and its choosing "not to pursue" Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his army. The U.S. military reacted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...providing abortion, abortion-counseling referrals or related services, and reversed the U.S. commitment to international family planning. Moreover, he cut off funding for fetal-tissue research because his supporters didn't approve of medical science using aborted fetuses. The irony is that such research might have led to a cure for Alzheimer's disease had he let it go forward. Now George W. Bush is placating the same religious faction by limiting stem-cell research, again thwarting promising medical study to secure supporters' votes. Janet Brazill Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. Klein stated that "Reagan was a champion of the religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/13/2004 | See Source »

...China, where supplies of the traditional cure for erectile dysfunction-tiger penis-have shriveled, men in search of an extra boost have been snapping up doses of knockoff Viagra. Although they're illegal, the fakes are so widespread that American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says it's having a difficult time selling the real thing. Last week Pfizer's job grew even tougher. China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) overturned the company's patent rights to Viagra, potentially opening the Chinese market to a flood of cheap, locally made generic rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patent Denied | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...vehicles, and so may actually gain market share from Toyota, VW and others if the tax scheme goes ahead. Viagra's Chinese Blues In Beijing's "adult health centers", vying with ticklers, oils and fake genitalia, knockoff Viagra pills are a bestseller that have all but replaced the traditional cure for impotence - tiger penis. The struggle by Pfizer, Viagra's creator, to sell the real thing got even tougher last week when China's patent office overturned the drug's patent there, potentially handing the market to locally made generics. The decision hinged on Viagra's use for erectile dysfunction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 7/11/2004 | See Source »

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