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...mean they're not there. By blocking the pancreatic duct, stones a fraction the size of a pea can trigger an attack and not show up in scans. When they are spotted, doctors generally recommend their removal by keyhole surgery (although lots of people who have gallstones never develop pancreatitis). When the illness is attributed to excessive alcohol consumption - the other most common cause - patients are told to practice total abstinence. It's not clear whether pancreatitis is preventable, but anyone with a family history would be well advised to avoid a high-fat diet and drink alcohol sparingly...
...head the CIA (where I worked at the time). In September 1977, Bush took Deng up on Mao's offer and went to China for 16 days. In the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he and Deng discussed the best way to use American technology to develop China's offshore oil reserves, and Bush made a specific proposal for a "risk contract," which meant the U.S. would share in the production of oil in China?a breakthrough and a move relevant to Deng's economic reforms of November 1978. In February 1979, the two men (Bush was then...
...mountains of Ladakh in Northern India, pashmina-goat herders keep their animals outside at night in the cold so that they develop the soft, thick wool prized around the world. But doing so makes them prime targets for snow leopards, which are particularly hated by the herders because of their tendency toward mass slaughter. "When snow leopards get into a pen, their predatory instincts are repeatedly triggered, and they go on a killing frenzy," says Rodney Jackson of the Snow Leopard Conservancy. "Killing 20 or more animals at a time is not uncommon. One hundred and seven sheep...
...before going to Britain. Now, using a technique similar to one recently demonstrated in South Korea, he plans to create embryos by injecting a patient's DNA into an egg from which the genetic material has been removed. He then hopes to harvest the embryonic stem cells--which can develop into almost any organ--and coax them to produce insulin in diabetics. Stem cells may also hold promise for victims of Parkinson's and heart disease. Controversy has arisen from the fact that he is creating and discarding embryos. For many people, that is morally unacceptable...
...much higher level," Alassane says. The OS program is designed to help him, and 584 other Athens Olympians, reach that level. During the past two years, the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) has plowed $13.7 million into athlete scholarships, and another $100 million into training centers, regional competitions and sports development. Without the money that OS invested in him, Alassane would never have left Niger to train, got a world-class coach or won a bronze medal at the African championships in May, the feat that qualified him for Athens. OS "is indispensable," says Hassene Ikhlef, who coaches Alassane...