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...Half the tipplers were given an extract of the prickly pear cactus plant before their binges; the other half were given a placebo. The following morning, people who took the cactus extract suffered significantly less from nausea, dry mouth and loss of appetite than those who got placebos. The latter group also had 40% higher blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation, which may contribute to hangovers. Unfortunately, the remedy had no effect on other symptoms such as dizziness and headache...
...LOSING PROTESTANTS OR SIMPLY FLOODED WITH NON-PROTESTANT IMMIGRANTS? The latter has been suggested, disapprovingly, by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington. But NORC STUDY CO-AUTHOR TOM W. SMITH SAYS, "immigration is a factor, but it's not the major thing." More important are a falling away of adult believers and a declining number of Protestant children who keep the faith. The Catholic proportion of the population has held steady at 23%. Neither Jews nor Muslims top 4%. The category that has really jumped (from 8% to 14%) in the past decade is people who say they don't subscribe...
...dopers will have their own new tricks too. What WADA may have trouble getting a handle on is the rapid development of gene-based compounds, which are souped-up versions of muscle-building and blood-boosting cells. The latter would enhance the performance of endurance athletes. The former would help strength competitors, notably sprinters, a group made infamous by Ben Johnson, disqualified for steroid use in 1988. This year two U.S. sprinters have been suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for doping. And track and field's governing body has recommended suspension for world 100-m champion Torri...
...latter role required a lot of staring into computers and barking down the phone. "Call me back in 20 [minutes], and when I ask you where we stand, I had better be impressed," she tells one of her flunkies. But she brings a touch of heart to her hypercompetence. She's not vulnerable, but neither is she unassailable. "We needed a strong, precise antagonist," says producer Frank Marshall. "Joan brings that. But she brings compassion...
...like her husband, is a former Calvin Klein exec--sits down with Kimora Lee Simmons to review each garment displayed on Baby Phat's site. In the corner of eFashion's warehouse are two mannequins, one for Rocawear's Web shots, the other for J. Lo's. (The latter has the bigger derriere...