Word: painfulness
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...quickly cured by getting drunk again. Her career - "something in cardboard" - is hanging by a thread, her grasp on reality starting to slip. Her loving family, in particular her brother Simon, can only watch her self-destruction in horror. Kennedy plumbs the mind-crushing depths of alcoholism and the painful bends of drying out, but allows the blessings Hannah finds in the company of fellow drunks: "We study to move like wirewalkers, all mesmerising tensions and hot sweat, we cut away our languages, our names, and in return for this tiny effort we are given our wonderful smile...
...right and exercising are the ideal prescriptions for weight loss, and experts agree they're also the best way to prevent heart disease. So it came as a shock last week to learn that Clinton, 58, had been admitted to New York--Presbyterian Hospital after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, and was put on the fast track for quadruple-bypass surgery. Four of the arteries supplying blood to his heart muscles were so clogged that doctors would have to raid vessels from elsewhere in his body to funnel blood around them...
...folks at Economy.com expect the Federal Reserve's string of interest-rate hikes to affect the interest rates you pay on your credit card sometime in the first half of next year, according to Scott Hoyt, the site's director of consumer economics. The key to feeling as little pain as possible is using the next six to nine months to pay down your debt smartly. In my new book, Pay It Down! From Debt to Wealth on $10 a Day (Portfolio), I discuss strategies to do just that. For instance...
MAKE THE HARD CHOICES The rise in consumer debt is causing some consumers real pain. The number of mortgages more than 90 days past due is up 20%, the number of foreclosures is up 18%, and the number of household bankruptcies is up 33% from their levels three years ago. If you're facing any of those scenarios, it's time to do more than simply stop spending. You may need to sell your house and trade down to a smaller one or rent for a while. To evaluate your options, visit a credit counselor with a certified housing counselor...
...small, darkened room filled with computer screens and telephone switchboards, Dr. Robert Baron listens intently as a 33-year-old man's medical symptoms are described. The man, who had briefly passed out, is in severe pain from his kidney area and is getting oxygen. The doctor sits across the hall from the emergency room at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., but his patient is a little farther away: on an airplane 30,000 ft. over the Middle East. Yet within minutes, Baron has diagnosed a kidney stone, suggested preliminary treatment and arranged for medical personnel...