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...Sarah in the Emergency Room of the hospital where I trained 15 years ago. She was seven years old at the time and had developed chicken pox three days earlier, but her pox had caused a "really bad headache." She had had a fever for the last several days, a slight runny nose, not much of an appetite because her throat hurt, and she was very tired. Tylenol didn't help for a headache that she described as being "all over" her head and a little on her neck. Still, there was no history of headaches or migraines...
...when the West says it does? The reality is our movies have nourished half the world for a century, as every Russian cabdriver in Manhattan will tell you. Plus, if the West is now waking up to our energy and confidence, will we be tempted to change? Will Oscar fever mean we temper our spice to suit Western palates? Will the few Indian actors and directors cherry-picked by Hollywood shove the khadi and brocade under the carpet and make chick flicks on 5th Avenue...
Unfortunately, it turns out that when Teflon is heated to over 600°, the coating can break down and release a chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. The fumes can be fatal to pet birds. In humans, DuPont acknowledges, they can cause a reversible flulike condition called polymer-fume fever, first noted in the company's labs. In animals, though, PFOA can cause cancer, immune-system damage and death. And about 95% of all Americans have traces of PFOA in their blood...
...Three years ago scientists at a National Institutes of Health conference on osteoporosis advised Americans to increase their daily intake of calcium to 1,000 mg (compared with the Government RDA of 800 mg); the recommended level for postmenopausal women was an even higher 1,500 mg. Calcium fever soon swept the country...
Last fall, at the height of Washington Nationals fever in the nation's capital, everyone was invoking baseball metaphors - even John Roberts, the Supreme Court nominee, who gave a long treatise at his confirmation hearings comparing the job of a judge to a baseball umpire. But the Nationals are having a terrible season, and Washington is a football town anyway, so it was probably appropriate that General Michael Hayden often sounded more like he was being interviewed for the job of coach of his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers rather than CIA director. At his Senate confirmation hearing, Hayden said the agency...