Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...asks me about my medical concerns. I tell him about the two kidney-stone attacks over the past five years that sent me writhing in pain to hospital emergency rooms. I happen to mention an increased sensitivity to salt in my diet, resulting in a parched mouth, information that he dutifully jots down in my chart while observing, "Maybe your body is talking to you." Then he tells me that salt tends to precipitate calcium, a common component of kidney stones, out of the bloodstream into the kidneys. He informs me that excessive vitamin C can do the same thing...
...mention my concern over my frequent need to urinate, which I have assumed to be related to my prostate. As in many men my age, the status of my prostate is top priority, the site of the most common cancer in males. If I were a woman, breast cancer would be of similar concern. In a 25-year-old male, the prostate gland is the size of a grape; in a 50-year-old, it is the size of a chestnut because of its thickened walls. The enlarged gland constricts the urethra that it encircles, diminishing the ability to urinate...
...Thankfully, no-one was. But the drunken English hooligan -- the kind of soccer parasite last seen on the streets of Turin in 1990 -- has reared his ugly head again. A pall has been cast over today's game, not to mention England's bid to host the World...
...Still, hard times in Tokyo can be good news for U.S. investors. "The time is coming when you should be buying Asian stocks," says Kadlec, who recommends placing around 5 percent of your portfolio in the troubled region. A tumbling yen also helps keep inflation down stateside, not to mention making it a little cheaper to vacation in the land of cherry blossoms...
...There are three games a day, every day, and for those I heartily recommend watching on Univision (check your local listings). It adds a hot-bloodedness that futbol needs -- and that ESPN just can't seem to muster up. And need I mention the Goooooooooool...