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...meantime, Cushman picked up a third endurance sport, one even more unusual than her first two: cyclo-cross—short distance bike racing which requires competitors to carry their bikes over parts of the race course...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Odyssey Ends Back on Slopes for Coach | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...Boston College Law School couldn’t keep Cushman away from the Crimson for too long. In the fall of 2008, the cyclo-cross racer returned as an assistant coach for the Nordic team...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Odyssey Ends Back on Slopes for Coach | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Sometimes the reason for the initial inflammatory cycle is obvious - as with chronic heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Fires Within | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...also not clear exactly how aspirin works to ward off polyps. There is evidence to suggest that it slows down the enzyme known as cyclo-oxygenase 2, or COX-2, which seems to play a role in spurring cell growth that can lead to tumors. But for reasons no one can yet explain, higher doses of aspirin didn't translate into more protection. In one of the studies reported last week, more patients in the group taking full-strength, 325-mg aspirin pills developed colon cancer (10.7%) than in the group taking so-called baby, or 81-mg, aspirin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preventing Polyps | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...featuring homes with verandas and an array of picturesque churches and mosques. There are fewer than 200 homes inside the fort, and in the past several years adventurous foreigners have purchased more than 40 of them. In many parts of the tropics, tourists are accustomed to being accosted by cyclo-drivers hawking all sorts of illegal temptations. In the fort, though, the inevitable refrain is, "Mister, you like to buy a nice house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Asia's Latest Boomtown | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

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