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What do you think of Cindy Sheehan's challenge to your congressional seat? Kyle McCartney HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF...
...Samuel Huntington got it wrong, at least when it comes to art. Civilizations don't clash, but share and mutually inspire. So argues "Beyond Orientalism," an exhibition opening on July 25 at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (IAMM) in Kuala Lumpur, www.iamm.org.my. The show examines Islamic art's impact on Western artists, highlighting how Islamic calligraphy, tile designs, and geometrical motifs pop up in the most unlikely places, from Tiffany lamps - some of which drew on 16th century Persian works - to the art of M.C. Escher, whose elaborate drawings of endless staircases and interlocking patterns were apparently inspired by Islamic...
...trait, like Max's mother and grandfather, may themselves be affected by it. At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new panel has been charged by Congress to direct research into FXS and related conditions. "We hope to learn lessons that may be applicable to helping people with Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's and myotonic dystrophies too," says Tiina Urv, who heads the panel. Research on the FXS family of disorders may also yield clues to some forms of infertility...
Researchers are also working on drugs for FXTAS, which strikes 30% to 50% of all male carriers, usually after age 50. Cindy Mitchell of Huntington Beach, Calif., is haunted by her father's death from the disease two years ago. "He wasted away to 80 lb. He couldn't walk, couldn't keep food down," she says. I met Mitchell, 37, and her husband Bob, 41, at Hagerman's clinic, where they had taken their two sons for evaluation. Mason, 6, has FXS, and Noah, 8, is a carrier, like his mom. Among Mitchell's worries is that...
Most progressive veterinary therapies are inspired by human health care. Burton Miller, who runs the Animal Wellness Center in Huntington Station, N.Y., became a practitioner of Eastern medicine for animals after suffering a skiing accident in 1996. He began reading up on alternative therapies for his injury and decided to apply the same kind of medicine to his animal patients. "I announced to my [clients] that everything I had ever told them was wrong," he says. Those pet owners promptly abandoned him, but today he has a thriving practice in which acupuncture and homeopathic medicines are the most common courses...