Word: gummed
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...Cambridge, you eat at pizzerias where the guy behind the counter asks what you want by yelling, “Who’s-a-next!” In the North Country, the big-haired waitress who takes your order snaps her gum and asks, “And what can I getchas...
...appears that some people are more sensitive to plaques and tangles than others. Perhaps they have a genetic predisposition. Or perhaps a long-running bacterial infection, like gum disease, keeps the internal fires burning and tips the balance toward chronic inflammation...
...dampen our inflammatory fires. Some of the advice may sound terribly familiar, but we have fresh reasons to follow through. Losing weight induces those fat cells - remember them? - to produce fewer cytokines. So does regular exercise, 30 minutes a day most days of the week. Flossing your teeth combats gum disease, another source of chronic inflammation. Fruits, vegetables and fish are full of substances that disable free radicals...
...producers scramble to find an item for the weekly Almanac; they highlight an event that occurred today, many years ago, whether the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, or the opening of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, or the invention of chewing gum. Often the deja-view has ominous glints. To compare the U.S. post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year...
...have to go into full-fledged psychoanalysis; you can pick up practical strategies from various quit-smoking telephone hotlines (for a list of numbers as well as tips, visit smokefree.gov) As for nicotine products, make sure you're using them the right way. You need to chew the gum slowly, for example, not swallowing the saliva until the nicotine can be absorbed through the cheek, says Dr. Elliot Wineburg, who has used everything from drugs to hypnosis at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City to help hard-core smokers quit. Many people try to make do with...