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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Robbie Reimuller (Seth Adkins) is diagnosed as having epilepsy, his parents Lori (Streep) and Dave (Fred Ward) go along with the specialists' recommendations. But Dr. Abbasac (Allison Janney), a real Cruella DePill type, makes Robbie a tiny living lab for dubious experiments. Ann Beckett's bold teleplay charges doctors with being addicted to prescribing dangerous drugs to kids. The medical ordeal also acts as a mind-altering drug on Dave and Lori; it twists their love into rage and recrimination...
SEATTLE: Little did Mom know that when she made you clean your plate she might be taking years off your life. Researchers have long known that lab rats who eat less live longer. But a new study may show that primates -- perhaps even people -- also live longer, healthier lives if they consume fewer calories per day. The theory is that lowering calories resets the body's metabolism so that it operates more efficiently. A 10-year study of rhesus and squirrel monkeys found that the underfed animals have lower blood pressure and better cholesterol. Perhaps the most striking finding: underfed...
Sarah J. Siska '98 also began her search for a job in September, securing a coveted place in an organic chemistry research lab. But Siska says other professors may still have positions available, and she advises setting up an appointment with an instructor to discuss summer options...
SEATTLE: Little did Mom know that when she made you clean your plate she might be taking years off your life. Researchers have long known that lab rats who eat less live longer. But a new study may show that primates -- perhaps even people -- also live longer, healthier lives if they consume fewer calories per day. The theory is that lowering calories resets the body's metabolism so that it operates more efficiently. A 10-year study of rhesus and squirrel monkeys found that the underfed animals have lower blood pressure and better cholesterol. Perhaps the most striking finding: underfed...
...soon became apparent, however, that the bacterial approach wouldn't work, and the project was terminated. Taborsky's supervisor, Professor Robert Carnahan, assigned him to menial jobs in the lab and, because the Florida Progress grant had terminated, began paying him from other budgets...