Word: neuromuscular
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...tropical oceans harbor more than 500 species of cone snails, predatory creatures that stab their prey with harpoons loaded with a paralytic poison. Long prized by shell collectors, they are being scrutinized by drug hunters for potential treatments for neurological and neuromuscular disorders...
...their favorite fictional characters--Miss Rumphius, Ms. Frizzle and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, all rolled into one. She was a wizard with a delicious sense of fun who turned everything she touched into a teaching tool. So it seemed entirely in character that when she was struck with a catastrophic neuromuscular disease, she would use her tragedy as yet another lesson...
...kneading and friction); Neuromuscular massage (applying finger pressure to individual muscles); Deep tissue massage (slow strokes, direct pressure, friction); Sports Massage (specially modified to deal with the needs of the athlete); and Shiatsu (Japanese technique performed on the floor...
...this stuff addictive? Psychologists say some players of intense video games show symptoms similar to those induced by drug taking or other pleasurable activities. Participating in the action of a game--pushing buttons to score, shoot, bomb, fight or fly--entails neuromuscular coordination. "So the brain not only is seeing the images and getting stimulated, but it's also practicing a response," says Carole Lieberman, a psychiatrist at UCLA. "When the person is exposed to these violent media stimuli and it excites the psychoneurological receptors, it causes the person to feel this excitement, to feel a kind of high...
...genetic screening and its problems. The mother, Suzi, was also a physician. When she became pregnant at 37, she not only opted for amniocentesis--mainly to check for Down syndrome, an increased risk for children of mothers her age--but also for a newer genetic probe for an inheritable neuromuscular disease. She knew that a member of her family carried the gene for it and realized she might have it too. "It was a straightforward matter and deemed valid by our doctor," says Billings. "But Blue Cross adamantly refused to pay the bill--even though it was only...