Word: liverance
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...history of his native Sparta and in the making, extolling and drinking of large amounts of the well-known (and in my limited experience, best-avoided) pine-resin-laced traditional Greek wine retsina. Trained by decades of exposure to the resinous brew, Nick's brain and liver now presented us with an unusual difficulty: they had become so good at detoxifying his system that it was nearly impossible to sedate...
...about 6 million bottles of wine a year - is one of the world's smallest producers. But its wines are smooth and tasty, and a few of the country's dozen or so commercial labels are internationally renowned. For a recent dinner of frogs legs, thick yogurt, and saut?ed liver, Ramzi invited a TIME correspondent to drink a Massaya classic red, not one of his fanciest, but one that best reflects the region, with a peppery taste and smells of mint and thyme. The humble cinsualt grape he uses doesn't have a strong personality of its own, but absorbs...
...invite them to come back for free checkups for the rest of their lives. The program, like the hospital, is mainly supported by private donations. The first 650 volunteers are expected to inaugurate the St. Jude Life Project this month. They will undergo blood tests to evaluate kidney, liver, thyroid and immune function; MRI scans to look for abnormal growths; and, depending on the type of treatments they received, consultations with fertility and other specialists...
...population - women between 50 and 59 who are most in need of hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms. Already, they are finding that the way estrogen is delivered can make a difference: the patch form of the hormone combination leads to fewer clots than the pill form, since the liver is not engaged as intensely in processing the estrogen when it comes through the mouth, and does not produce as many clotting factors with the skin-based estrogen. "Hormone therapy is an evolving story, and it's a very intriguing mystery that we don't understand yet," says Stefanick...
...hole where you go, 'Whew, I'm glad I'm on this one,'" says Brad Faxon, a 25-year tour veteran. "No golf club in America takes more pride in the difficulty of its course." Or, as an Oakmont member puts it, "We love to beat the liver out of people...