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...Schwartz has insurance to cover most of the expense. But only 20% of the 1 million Americans who carry the virus are so lucky. Taking the new drugs properly--three times a day, with no food for one hour before or two hours afterward--also requires discipline. Patients who neglect the regimen risk developing drug-resistant strains of the virus. The side effects can be murderous. Even when the new drugs work, the quality of life they provide can be so-so. "Roughly every 10 days I sleep all day," says Schwartz. "I get up, take my pills...
...fact is that genetic engineering "breakthroughs" are coming along at an incredibly slow pace. Human benefits are 30 years or more away, too late for 78 million baby boomers who need help now. Why neglect what we already have in hand? The already proven benefits of DHEA hormone therapy are enormously impressive. In human studies, DHEA has been shown to dramatically decrease risk to cardiovascular disease and restore immune balance, thereby decreasing risk to autoimmune disorders. While genetic engineers strive year after year to make fruit flies and worms live longer, real people are using DHEA and achieving very satisfying...
...surely this experiment is flawed, you say. If you neglect your responsibilities, won't people start to miss you? Most students who spend all day in the library or in Guam would return home to a slew of answering-machine messages. If you're the stage manager of a play, a reporter for the paper or if you were supposed to build a homeless shelter or organize the International Stomach Acid Convention that day, won't a few directors, editors and bile enthusiasts begin to wonder where you went...
...ended the pilots' careers with letters of condemnation. "We are held in high regard by the public because of the integrity we demonstrate by holding ourselves accountable and others accountable for their actions," Fogleman told the Air Force. He declared that he scolded the 52nd's leadership for its neglect...
Boutros-Ghali came in with a mandate to reform the bloated and debt-ridden U.N. but seemed to neglect that as he took on the role of foreign secretary to the world. He offended many when he condemned the Security Council for ignoring Somalia while it obsessed about Yugoslavia. Though he boasts about the reforms he initiated, he moved too little and too late to satisfy U.S. demands for sharp staff reductions and a zero-growth budget. His detractors say Boutros-Ghali was also burdened with a short fuse, large ego and thin skin...