Word: luke
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...diabetes). But this is just a guideline: once a drug has been approved, doctors can prescribe it any way they want. And given Americans' obsession with getting slim, the demand could be enormous. "The reality," says Dr. Steven Heymsfield, deputy director of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, "is that millions of people who have tried everything else and are frustrated with their weight will walk into their physician's office and say, 'I want Xenical...
...itself, not all that valuable. Ideally, says St. Luke's Heymsfield, doctors should first urge obese patients to change their diet and start exercising regularly. If they still can't lose weight, he would add orlistat to the mix. Another possibility, suggests Duke's Hamilton, is to use orlistat with an appetite suppressant. The value of this new drug, says Heymsfield, is that it adds to the available anti-obesity therapies and lets doctors tailor the treatment to a patient's needs. "I don't see Xenical as something to displace one or another of the currently available drugs...
...Buzz Can anyone say Waterworld? The recent failures of water-based action films such as Sphere and Deep Rising seem to indicate a pattern of low success for the genre. In keeping with that pattern, the response to this film will be luke-warm at best...
...hosts Hunter Pierson and Luke McLoughlin did a magnificent job keeping the auction exciting and keeping the audience rolling on the floor with laughter. It is to their credit that we raised well in excess of $3,000, the most successful house auction that Eliot has ever had. As for hosts' tuxedoes, Crocker seems to be confusing stuffiness with style. Elitism may be gone, but Eliot will always have class...
...hosts Hunter Pierson and Luke McLoughlin did a magnificent job keeping the auction exciting and keeping the audience rolling on the floor with laughter. It is to their credit that we raised well in excess of $3,000, the most successful house auction that Eliot has ever had. As for hosts' tuxedoes, Crocker seems to be confusing stuffiness with style. Elitism may be gone, but Eliot will always have class...