Word: esophagus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effects of bulimia are psychological. Vomiting damages the digestive track, tears the esophagus, erodes tooth enamel and can lead to anemia...
Even before last month, when the senior Wang underwent surgery for cancer of the esophagus, Wall Street suspected that the family-controlled company might be put up for sale. Now that Wang's heir apparent has stepped aside, that prospect seems even more likely...
Expecting lukewarm effervescence, my throat was searingly ambushed by a bitter rush of vodka. As phlegm and blood spewed from my esophagus, the Dinosaur guffawed at his own ingenuity. "Haaaaah, got you dude...
...April 9, 1982, an infant who became known to the world only as Baby Doe was born in Bloomington, Ind. He had an incomplete esophagus and Down's syndrome, which causes moderate to severe mental retardation. Thanks to advances in neonatal medicine, surgeons could ensure Baby Doe's survival by attaching his esophagus to his stomach, but nothing could be done to prevent retardation. His parents were confronted with an agonizing dilemma: to assent to an operation that would save the life of a child who could be hopelessly retarded, or to allow him to die of starvation...
...seriously ill infants born each year in the U.S. One recent case was far from quiet, however, and the result may change some pediatric practices. At his birth last April in Bloomington, Ind., "Infant Doe" had Down's syndrome, a defect associated with mental retardation, and a deformed esophagus that prevented him from eating and drinking normally. The parents, acting for their child, decided against repairing the esophagus. The effect would have been to starve the child to death, but the hospital sought a judicial order to allow the operation. The parents won in the lower courts...