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...Angeles. The blond-haired, blue-eyed Barbie was named after Handler's daughter Barbara, and since its introduction in 1959 more than 1 billion dolls have been sold in more than 150 countries. INDICTED. JAYSON WILLIAMS, 34, the former NBA forward, for his role in the Feb. 14 fatal shooting of a limousine driver at his estate; in Flemington, New Jersey. If convicted of all the charges levied against him, Williams faces nearly 45 years behind bars. ARRESTED. CHEE SOON JUAN, 39, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, for attempting to hold a Labor Day rally outside the presidential palace...
Botox is short for "botulinum toxin," the substance that causes botulism, a sometimes fatal form of food poisoning. It sounds scarier than it is; in small quantities, Botox merely interrupts nerve impulses to muscles in the face. The lines that furrow the forehead when you raise your eyebrows, the crow's feet that appear when you squint and the creases between the eyebrows when you frown are all caused by tension in underlying muscles, which contract and squeeze the skin like an accordion. Botox keeps this from happening...
Still, Mathias says, most of McGee's patients believed that this vaccine was their best chance for recovery from what is usually a fatal disease. That's why they were so shocked when McGee sent them a letter that read, in part, "Patients have enrolled in this study more rapidly than originally expected...Due to this interest, the sponsor has exceeded its capacity to supply the experimental Melanoma Vaccine and is unable to provide material for further injections at this time...
When I was an intern after finishing medical school, I encountered human suffering for the first time, especially in small children that had a fatal illness. I couldn’t understand how anyone on heaven or on earth who had the ability to preempt this would not do so, and the whole problem of suffering suddenly preoccupied me. Somebody had put a little book called The Problem of Pain by Lewis on the table in the library of the hospital that I was at. It didn’t answer all the questions but it answered some of them...
...time, the rich, hearty smoke of tobacco promised more than just fatal diseases like emphysema and lung cancer. It guaranteed sophistication, sex appeal and even longevity. Although cigarettes are not as appealing to the American public as they once were, cigarette taxes certainly are. All 50 states have passed taxes on cigarettes. Despite these taxes, 48 million Americans—many of them poor—still smoke today, and politicians are eager to help them light...