Word: liverance
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Beyond that, sharks have immense practical value. While shark cartilage does not, despite the claims, prevent cancer, it has been used to make artificial skin for burn victims. Shark corneas have been used experimentally for human transplants. Shark blood contains anticlotting agents. Shark-liver oil seems to aid white-blood-cell production; it is also an active ingredient in, of all things, Preparation...
Burroughs' and Vollmer's son, William Burroughs, died in 1981 of cirrhosis of the liver after years of drug and alcohol addiction...
What's more, even for patients whose illnesses are caused by elevated amino acids, diet may not be much of a cure. Scientists know cholesterol levels in the blood fluctuate within a limited range; when people eat less fat, the liver simply manufactures more. It's not yet known whether there is a similar set point for homocysteine. "People are jumping the gun if they think they can just take vitamins and skip the traditional health measures like exercising and eating a low-fat diet," says Blumenthal. "All the evidence has yet to come in." Nonetheless, in a field...
...replied, "I don't think you'd find me very interesting these days." He had always been meticulous in presenting himself to the world; now, with Gloria gone, the masque was over. He stopped playing Jimmy Stewart. In a recent news clip, painful to see, he was bald, gaunt, liver-spotted, nearly unrecognizable. Yet he waved, as airily as possible, to the camera--an act both reflexive and heroic...
When it comes to replacing Millie, any old mutt just won't do. So on their way back from Poland last week, Barbara and George Bush picked up a new liver-and-white springer spaniel, trained by Queen Elizabeth's very own dog trainer in London. As it comes from the land of Shakespeare, maybe the pooch will have even more literary ability than its best-selling pawbear...