Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...others disagree, saying that in the longrun the euro will have little effect on theprofits shareholders accrue from Europeancompanies...
...currency's effect on the UnitedStates, it's anyone's guess. Euroland's 292million inhabitants outnumber America's 268million, and the 11-member block produces 18.8percent of the world's exports, compared with the14.1 percent produced...
...called, has been used to treat traveler's diarrhea and intestinal upsets caused by antibiotics. Even more intriguing, L-GG also seems to work against some viruses, including rotavirus, one of the most common causes of diarrhea in children in the U.S. and around the world. Here the effect is indirect. Somehow L-GG jump-starts the immune system into recognizing the threat posed by the virus. In October a subsidiary of Con Agra started marketing L-GG under the brand name Culturelle. (For more information, call...
First, it helps to understand that bone-marrow transplants are the most unforgiving of all transplant operations, requiring closer matches in tissue types between donors and recipients than for, say, hearts or kidneys. Because the immune system comes from the marrow, a transplant of that reddish pulp is, in effect, an immune-system transplant. There's the usual possibility that the body may reject the graft as "foreign." Then there's the almost surreal danger that the transplanted immune system will attack and kill its host...
Clear the air already! A study out last week examined the respiratory health of bartenders in California before and after smoking was banned in bars earlier this year. The finding? Just two months after the ban took effect, 59% of bartenders said their wheezing, coughing and other respiratory problems had cleared up. Lung function--a measure of the rate of breathing and volume of air exhaled--also improved...