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...past few weeks? Does it seem as though you just have no interest in school or friends anymore? Have you had problems concentrating in class, and are your grades slipping as a result? Do you feel anxious much of the time? Have you been drinking more to numb the "pain" you're feeling...
...Lions, presumably numb to the super fans by that time, clawed back to 13-8 before the Crimson put it away...
...moaning. Children who had major operations only a day or two earlier seem comfortable. Some are provided with pumps they can activate as needed to inject pain killers through intravenous lines. Others have epidural catheters inserted in their backs, delivering medication into the space around the spinal cord to numb the lower part of the body. Such treatment provides steady control of pain, Berde says, and eliminates the need for the repeated shots most children dread...
...also working with other researchers to develop long-acting local anesthetics from toxins found in some fish, shellfish and algae--the same toxins that cause poisoning victims to feel numb and weak all over. Berde is pursuing the toxins because they work for two or three days and seem free of the side effects of existing drugs, which occasionally cause convulsions or disturbances in heart rhythm...
...television is bad, of course. It can teach and inspire and get children off the couch. But more likely it will numb and mesmerize and keep them in a state of suspended animation. If you look closely in a child's eyes after a program, you may be able to detect the difference. There just might be a gleam after, say, Bill Nye the Science Guy, or a glaze after, say, Power Rangers Turbo. Children need help as they make their way through a looking glass that gets wider every day. Their parents need their own guides...