Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pneumonia, influenza 202.2 2. Tuberculosis 194.4 3. Diarrhea, enteritis, ulcers 142.7 4. Heart disease 137.4 5. Stroke 106.9 6. Acute kidney infection 88.6 7. Accidents 72.3 8. Cancer, malignant tumors 64.0 9. Senility 50.2 10. Diphtheria...
...Heart disease 268.0 2. Cancer 199.4 3. Stroke 58.5 4. Pulmonary diseases 42.3 5. Pneumonia, influenza 35.1 6. Accidents 34.5 7. Diabetes 23.9 8. Suicide 10.8 9. Acute kidney infection 9.7 10. Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis...
...August crash. "Poor Meg would catch an hour's sleep on a cot and then have to face the TV cameras." There have also been occasional embarrassments (and some probable hoaxes) that the press--and late-night talk-show hosts--have had fun with: the seller who put a kidney up for sale (the bidding was up to $5.7 million before eBay called it off); listings for a bazooka and other military weapons (also yanked). And, of course, the 17-year-old boy who put his virginity up for auction...
...example, in the last weeks the HMS office has sent out releases about racial disparities among kidney donation recipients, triggers for Alzheimer's Disease and the cellular mechanisms that pry apart...
EUTHANIZED. HSING-HSING, 28, giant panda given by China to the National Zoo to commemorate Nixon's 1972 visit; owing to kidney disease; in Washington. Hsing-Hsing, whose name means "shining star," will be preserved and displayed at the Smithsonian...