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...much-needed moment of restraint in a scandal that has been all about excess. By Friday the Democrats had heard, for the first time since Starr's report was released, conciliatory talk from a key member of the Gingrich team. Representative John Linder of Georgia, head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told an audience in Washington that "if all Starr has is what we've seen, I don't think the public is ready for [impeachment]." But the glimmer faded when Linder went on to echo Gingrich's call for an open-ended impeachment inquiry. "There is no shortage...
...investigators mixed cultured brain cells with an ERK-blocking drug, PD098059, and induced seizures in the cells (seizures are also thought to utilize excess glutamate to promote death in neighboring cells). They found that when the ERK was blocked, the cells were safe from deadly glutamate exposure...
Under Mann's direction, the GPA evolved from a two-person operation to one of WHO's largest programs, with an annual budget in excess of $100 million...
...levels stay high for a long time, a chemical switch in the brain is tripped that signals the testes to stop making the hormone. That can cause them to shrink and may make it difficult for users to produce their own testosterone naturally. As if that weren't enough, excess testosterone can accelerate the growth of prostate tumors that might otherwise have taken years to form...
ERYTHROPOIETIN (EPO) This is the drug under investigation at the Tour de France. EPO is a natural protein that stimulates production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen. Taken as a supplement, it loads the blood with red cells and delivers more oxygen, permitting greater endurance. The downside: excess red cells turn the blood gelatinous, forcing the heart to work harder. Some two dozen heart-attack deaths have reportedly been linked...