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Take, for example, the quadriceps, the large muscles on the front of the thighs that help raise and lower the legs. "It's common knowledge that patients with osteoarthritis of the knee will have weakness in the quadriceps," says Dr. Kenneth Brandt, a rheumatologist at Indiana University in Indianapolis. For a long time, physicians assumed this was because their patients' pain prevented them from exercising. But five years ago, Brandt and his colleagues began studying a group of 400 elderly people living in central Indiana and discovered, much to their surprise, that weakness in the quadriceps in some cases preceded...
Indeed, some researchers believe there's too much emphasis on drug treatments for osteoarthritis. "It's clear that there are other things that can improve symptoms as much as pills," says Indiana University's Brandt. Losing as little as 10 lbs. can make a difference, for example, as can strengthening the muscles that surround a joint. Certain exercises, such as tracing circles in the air with the arms, have also proved helpful at keeping the joints from stiffening and losing mobility. That's not to say that Brandt discounts the benefits of drugs altogether. But they're more effective...
...easy way to boost revenues--by adding new casinos, state lotteries and racetrack slot machines. In New York, Governor George Pataki signed contracts to permit three more Native American casinos in the western part of the state. He expects the 13-year deal to bring in $1 billion. Indiana and Illinois have raised taxes on riverboat casinos...
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...more familiar, like a brother." Aslihan Dede, 21, a student journalist wearing a Muslim head scarf in Istanbul said last week, "He is one of us." He is also, says Cakir, a pragmatist: "He is Muslim, but he is looking for a new deal." Erdogan sent two daughters to Indiana University in part to evade Turkey's prohibition against wearing Muslim head scarves in public universities. But he also admires American education. "He could have sent them to Tehran," notes a Western diplomat. "That says...