Word: developed
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...size of a grape; in a 50-year-old, it is the size of a chestnut because of its thickened walls. The enlarged gland constricts the urethra that it encircles, diminishing the ability to urinate fully. As the prostate continues to swell with increasing age, malignancies may develop; they are thought to be induced by hormonal changes. Prostate cancer is a slow-moving disease in elderly men, but in younger men it can metastasize rapidly to other tissues...
...including possible liver and muscle damage, both of which could be aggravated the longer I take the stuff. Neither factor would necessarily outweigh lovastatin's benefits. But consider this: while lovastatin reduced "acute major coronary events" more than a third, 90% of those in the placebo group didn't develop such major heart problems either...
Aging mice that live in enriched environments, with lots of playmates and toys like running wheels, develop three times as many new brain cells as mice in boring digs. The implication, say scientists in California, is that the brains of elderly humans may benefit from varied activity...
...worked, and Kasich gets another notch on his budget knife. "This is his résumé," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "He knows how difficult it is to run for president from the chaotic House, so he needs to develop a track record of being the one true man among the scoundrels -- the keeper of the flame." Kasich's larger problem is with the political and economic tides; with the budget surplus estimated at $34 billion and counting, shrinking the government just doesn't seem as urgent as it used...
Elion did much of her research atpharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome, where shehelped develop a drug that prevents the body fromrejecting foreign tissue, aiding kidneytransplants...