Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the animals that died were four cheetah cubs, two hippos and two rhinos. The causes of their demise ranged from heart attack to kidney failure, the latter possibly brought on by ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze. Two otters also died, one after gorging itself on seeds from nearby loquat trees. Disney has uprooted the trees and removed them from the habitat...
...MORE DRINK Consuming plenty of liquids, especially coffee, tea and, in moderation, wine, may prevent kidney stones in women...
Kaplan said Breindel had a series of health problems, beginning with a congenital kidney problem for which he underwent surgery during his junior year at Harvard, and was in intense physical pain much of his life...
...decided to become an undercover agent after he got a tip that Wang had approached a dialysis center in New York City with an offer to provide its clients with human kidneys at a steep discount. Wang reportedly told doctors that he could, for a 25% fee, arrange for patients to receive a kidney transplant in China without what is often a two-year wait. Rather than go along with the deal, however, the physicians put Wang in touch with Wu, who rigged up a camcorder and posed as the center's director...
While it is illegal in the U.S. to buy or sell human organs, there may still be reason for concern. Take, for example, a new "Life for a Life" bill introduced last month in the Missouri state legislature. It would allow prisoners on death row to exchange a kidney or bone-marrow transplant for a sentence of life without parole. Although doctors have attacked the bill on moral grounds, arguing that a choice between death or transplantation is never free, defense attorneys have called it "fascinating." Strictly speaking, of course, the prisoners wouldn't be selling their organs. But they...