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...than Americans? The answer to the famous French paradox, say nutritionists, is French wine. The skins of the grapes used to make red wine contain supercharged antioxidants known as polyphenols, including one called resveratrol, which boosts HDL cholesterol (the good kind). Polyphenols, according to the latest research, may also inhibit the production of endothelin 1, a peptide that contributes to hardening of the arteries. But be careful. Wine may be great for the heart, but it's been blamed for everything from cirrhosis of the liver to hemorrhagic stroke, fetal-alcohol syndrome and possibly breast cancer, so consumption should...
...type of drug that will hopefully result from this new discovery, Flier said, will bind directly to the enzyme and inhibit it, yielding more successful results...
Last week the American Pain Federation, a coalition of medical and patient groups, shot off a letter to the DEA demanding that field agents avoid investigations that could "inhibit" doctors from prescribing opiates such as morphine. Though Oregon's is the only state law that allows prescriptions of lethal medicine for terminally ill patients (there have been 70 assisted suicides in four years), 22 states have passed laws to encourage aggressive treatment of intractable pain. "Knowing I could choose when and how to die has given me peace," says Barbara Oskamp, 70, a Portland retiree who suffers from a brain...
...officials have been careful that any security changes do not inhibit the school’s educational mission—which is based on open access and freedom...
Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations, noted that student visas account for less than 2 percent of all visas issued. A moratorium on issuing student visas, while prohibiting talented scholars from coming to the country, would likely not inhibit the flow of terrorists into the country, he said...