Word: nas
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...people don't know as much as they should about the potential for overdosing on supplements: It doesn't happen often, but the risk is there." And although most vitamin fanatics are accustomed to sifting through studies and so-called breakthrough announcements about various benefits and risks, the NAS study could still cause confusion among the health-conscious, because it bucks recent reports that antioxidants are great - and that lots of antioxidants are even better. Even in light of the academy report, the bottom line, or RDA, remains the same: Hang onto your gelcaps, because nutritionists still recommend...
...swarms of summer bugs without sustaining so much as an unwanted nibble. The problem, according to the National Academy of Sciences, is that the very characteristics in your food that are keeping insects at bay may also be launching an unseen attack on your body - and your lawn. The NAS scientists convened in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and reviewed the risk of existing genetically engineered foods...
...each year as a result of preventable medical mistakes. Tuesday, President Clinton announced a proposal to make public the errors committed by hospitals. This plan, according to TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson, has teeth. "These changes could become part of a patients' bill of rights," says Thompson. Since the NAS report was released, he adds, Clinton vowed repeatedly to adopt the measures suggested by the academy; almost every NAS recommendation has made it into this blueprint...
...better songs of the year." Not surprising, as the song centers around a fictionalized assassination of a certain iron-fisted, tight-lipped future Senate candidate. Screwball is part of the Queensbridge Housing Projects' (not to be confused with Queens) hip-hop legacy, which includes standouts like Mobb Deep and Nas. Its four members pull no punches lyrically, but the hard-knockin' beats and surprisingly melodic riffs are like spoonfuls of sugar that help the violent gangsta-speak go down, while guest stars like Prodigy and Biz Markie add street credibility and variety. "The Heat is On" and yes, "Who Shot...