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Nonetheless, the new findings have intensified debate about whether diuretics should remain a first-line option for treating high blood pressure. Many doctors support continued widespread use, arguing that newer, alternative drugs are more expensive and that their long-term side effects have not been as well established. But others are pressing for more restricted use of water pills. At the least, say some, patients who have diabetes probably should not be taking diuretics...
...take pills than to give up steak and eggs. Yet taking drugs for a lifetime can have unintended and perhaps dangerous side effects. The well-established anticholesterol drugs, including cholestyramine and nicotinic acid, seem to be relatively safe, but they can produce such discomforts as nausea and intestinal pain. Newer drugs, like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies, not yet confirmed, have shown a link between abnormally low cholesterol levels and increased danger of cancer...
David Dinkins has been in politics for almost as long as Bradley, but he seems newer to many New York voters. He has garnered far fewer headlines than Giuliani, who made a name for himself with high-profile cases against Mafia chiefs and Wall Street cheats. Last week elated black voters were greeting Dinkins' victory with tears and shouts of celebration. But some had also already reined in their expectations about what any mayor, black or white, can achieve. "With the Dinkins victory, there is hope," says Utrice Leid, managing editor of the City Sun, a Brooklyn-based newspaper aimed...
...This newer form of racism is a much more insidious, much subtler one that would not even make headlines if its steady undercurrent had not pervaded the ethos of lower-class white Americans. The gruesome consequence of this ethos can be seen in two noteworthy instances: Howard Beach and, more recently, Bensonhurst...
...closes out the old decade and faces the new one, rock may be too catholic for its newer, younger core audience. Kids, of course, need a music to call their own; they need music that speaks to them while it cruises over the heads of their elders, or, even better, turns them right off. "The sales today are going with hard rock," says Kal Rudman, publisher of Friday Morning Quarterback, an industry newsletter. "Heavy metal is doing well with sales and at concerts in the 14-to-18 age range. Rap is extremely big but is quite racial. That...