Word: hirsch
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...Though we can hear music and people inside the Adams G suite, and though I had secured an actual invitation to this event while chatting at the Signet, we are forced to knock repeatedly before the door is unlocked for us. Once inside, I instantly pounce on Max Hirsch, the birthday boy, who, though the party seems to be at a subdued level, is anticipating much "busting of asses" on the dance floor. His friend agrees, "The night is but a fetus; I am predicting that later on people will be busting multiple asses...
...while, it looked as if he would. After Pritchard won the comedy competition, he scored every funny man's fantasy: an appearance on the Tonight Show. That led to more TV. A 6-ft. 6-in., 300-lb. grizzly of a man, Pritchard danced with Judd Hirsch in an episode of Taxi, and two networks had a bidding war over him. But nothing in Hollywood interested Pritchard as much as the homeboys back at the hall. "If Mother Teresa had a kid with Jesse Ventura," says Robin Williams, who worked the same clubs as Pritchard back then...
There are a multitude of causes, including normal aging, poor dental hygiene, infections and viruses, exposure to toxic fumes, and head trauma. "It's much easier to prevent than to treat," says Dr. Alan Hirsch, neurological director of Chicago's Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation. "I always encourage people to wear seat belts to avoid head trauma. Avoid use of cigarettes. Avoid use of illegal drugs like cocaine." Marcia Levin Pelchat, a researcher at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, offers a simple piece of advice: "Stay healthy." Elderly people who are healthy have better flavor perception than...
...bargained for remains to be seen. Xenical, which blocks absorption of about one-third of fat intake, was only 5% more effective than a placebo in clinical trials and came with several unpleasant side effects, including flatulence and greasy stools. "The hazards are not very great," says Dr. Jules Hirsch, an obesity expert on the FDA advisory panel who voted against approval, "but the benefits are not great either. I'd just as soon they didn't sell it altogether...
That's not enough of a difference to justify putting orlistat on the market, says Dr. Jules Hirsch, an obesity expert at Rockefeller University and a member of the FDA advisory panel that evaluated the drug. Hirsch voted against approval. "We're talking about something that will take a little bit of weight off--a little more than a placebo--for a few years," he says, "but that will not make obesity vanish. The question is, How valuable is that...