Word: organism
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There's no money to be made; selling an organ is illegal. But the recipient's insurance normally covers your operation and immediate aftercare. Your costs can include hotel bills, lost pay during recovery or possible future disability...
DIED. OFRA HAZA, 41, Israeli pop star whose dance remixes of traditional Yemenite Jewish poetry and techno beats became international club hits; of massive organ failure; in Tel Aviv...
Until a few years ago, it was thought that everyone was born with a finite number of brain cells. Then in the 1990s--designated by Congress as the Decade of the Brain--scientists raised the possibility that the miraculous organ inside our head is capable of creating new cells. Just as important, they found it can grow additional dendrites, those spiky branches on each cell that help communication with other cells...
WORT-LESS Here's a downer about the wildly popular herbal antidepressant Saint-John's-wort. However potent its many fans may believe the pretty yellow flower's extract to be, it interacts dangerously with two medications: the antirejection drug cyclosporine, used in organ transplants, and the protease inhibitor indinavir, used to treat AIDS. In both cases, Saint-John's-wort reduced blood concentrations of the drug, rendering it less effective...
...leaves the cafe and heads to a nearby church, Refugee Temple Assembly of Yahweh Yahoshua the Messiah. His father used to preach in this Pentecostal church. This is where D'Angelo got his start--at age 5--playing piano or organ while his father preached. He hasn't been back in ages...