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The study, reported in last week's New England Journal of Medicine by Physiologist James White and Dr. Herman Froeb, examined the effects of smoking on 2,100 men and women. Within this group, nonsmokers who did not work in smoky environments came out best on tests of the...
After my sprint through the desks, from Culture to National, from Foreign to Financial, I'd settle down with my morning crossword puzzle until the first batch of copy came my way. There was never time to read the paper the way I'd like; inevitably, someone would interrupt me...
One causes nosebleeds, blurred vision, convulsions and paralysis. Another covers the victim with blisters. Still an other makes the lungs and respiratory sys tem secrete so much fluid that the body drowns in its own juices.
These are some of the grisly and deadly effects caused by the various sprays and gases used as chemical weapons. Partly because of popular revulsion, such poisons have not been used in large scale on battlefields since 36 gases, including chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas, killed 91,000 One causes...
Even with such conditioning, the speed skater endures considerable pain. Before a 10,000-meter race has ended, Heiden says with feeling, "you think you'd give your life to be able to stand up. Your back is killing you so much you'd do anything to get...