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...that historical juncture would have faced the prospect of letting previous generations of strapping men and fecund women die out and replacing them with a new population of intellectual giants. "What is a better human being?" asks Boston University ethicist George Annas. "A lot of it is just fad...
Lynch believes index funds make sense for investors who would otherwise switch their money furiously, chasing the latest fund fad only to get there late each time. Indeed, Fidelity is doubling its index-fund offerings from three to six this year. But, Lynch says, it's wrong to assume large stocks will be in favor forever. "That's not the history of the stock market," he says. "And it won't be true the next 30 years either. Giant companies...
...fad foiled. An oil prized by fitness buffs as a low-cholesterol energy booster may, in fact, raise cholesterol. A study suggests that the fat, MCT oil, can elevate BAD CHOLESTEROL (LDL) as much as the notorious cholesterol-raiser palm...
Most riveting, though, is the keyboard and sampling of Mark De Gli Antoni. Moving from swing music to random movie quotes (the prevailing fad of alternative music today), he contributes to the measured chaos of Soul Coughing. This is a sound that won't create a Dead following, or break into the mainstream a la Hootie (and who would want to?), but it will captivate club audiences and generate some fine bootleg tapes to exchange for that DMB at UVA concert...
These dramatic results kicked off a fen/phen fad. But there were a few problems with the combination. Some patients still got drowsy, and others suffered from depression, loss of sexual appetite, headaches, diarrhea and dry mouth. The same serious medical problems now being ascribed to Redux--pulmonary hypertension and possible brain damage--began showing up as well. Moreover, fen/phen worked for only so long. Patients usually stopped losing weight after a few months and began to regain it once they stopped taking the drugs...