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...does a little gum inflammation manage to disrupt the entire body? Scientists are still feeling their way through this mystery, but Dr. Jeffcoat presents one possible explanation for one unwanted result of gum disease. "Doctors theorize that bacteria in plaque causes infection, which can lead to inflammation. The inflammation means the body is putting out chemicals to try and fight off the infection. And one of the chemicals the body puts out is prostaglandin, which is very similar to drug used to induce labor." So keep flossing and brushing - and remember, the recommended two minutes is longer than you think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | 5/25/2000 | See Source »

...threaten precision strikes from long range, with small, stealthy unmanned vehicles to collect information and deliver firepower, and they will be controlled by distant leaders using virtual command technologies. Even better, if we have the capability, will be cyberwar to scramble an enemy's military command or disrupt electricity systems without bloodshed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will We Fight? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...creating these computer programs that disrupt the lives of millions of people around the world in the name of love? Why are they doing this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Are These Guys? | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

Though Cambridge has one of the state's most lenient policies on MCAS boycotts, some parents were upset when Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D'Alessandro sent a controversial letter to parents saying boycotts could "potentially disrupt the school environment" and "could ultimately have serious repercussions for your child's future education...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Parents Protest, Students Boycott as MCAS Rolls On | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

While they attempted to avoid interrupting the duties of staffers, PSLM members said it was their intention to disrupt the overall message of pre-frosh weekend...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: PSLM Defies HUPD, Occupies Byerly Hall for Six Hours | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

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