Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tragedy goes far beyond the countries that are burning. Besides worrying about the loss of tropical forests, with their unmatched natural resources, policymakers have to be concerned about the clouds of smoke that have endangered public health from Singapore to Houston. But so far it's been easier to announce programs to combat the fires than to get at the causes. In April the United Nations Environment Program called for a $10 million fund to help Southeast Asia contain its fires. Washington has contributed $7.5 million to Mexico's firefighting efforts...
...city go far deeper than a slim section of jobs in the want ads. Interviewees consistently say that the sense of community, the thread that once held urban cities together, has frayed and, in some cases, split altogether. They talk about neighborhoods polarized by racism, gang violence, drug proliferation, loss of cultural identity and domestic violence. The candor is stark; the level of detail often horrifying...
...work ten hours a week. It's not hard, but it does take time out of my schedule. That is time I could be spending with my high school friends, but, since many of them aren't even around this summer, that isn't as big of a loss as it would have been last year. The biggest hurt probably comes in the lack of rest I will get this summer. By the time I get back to school in the fall, I will be exhausted. School will be a welcome change of pace--a change to a more relaxed...
Appropriate treatment is the big question. Estrogen replacement to stem the loss can increase the risk of breast cancer and, unless progestin is added in, endometrial cancer. A new medication, raloxifene, appears to stabilize bone loss while reducing the risk of breast cancer. Unlike traditional hormone-replacement therapy, however, raloxifene doesn't ease other menopausal symptoms, like hot flashes...
...diet and exercise are the most effective ways of avoiding or alleviating osteoporosis. So women taking the clinic's physical receive more focused advice from registered dietitian Cindy Moore than do men. First, she would want to know if any factors other than hormonal changes have contributed to bone loss. An eating disorder during adolescence, for instance, or chronic inadequate calcium intake diminishes total bone mass. Steroids taken for asthma and immunosuppressants reduce bone density. Even a lack of vitamin D, which is most easily acquired through exposure to half an hour of sunlight a day, diminishes the ability...