Word: permanente
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Berde determined that Alex did indeed have reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a condition in which pain originates from an abnormality in the nerves. In Alex's case, it was due to hyperactivation of nerves running from the spinal cord to the limbs. Alex's legs became hypersensitive to the slightest touch...
Some 1.25 million Americans suffer burns every year. Most of them quickly recover, both physically and mentally, with permanent damage limited to a small scar or two. But more than 50,000 burn victims require hospitalization annually, and 5,000 die of their injuries.
"Twelve disorders that I see here are founder-gene defects carried by the dozen families that established this population 300 years ago," observes Dr. D. Holmes Morton, 47, a pediatrician and geneticist who gave up an academic career to work among the Amish. One of those diseases, he has discovered...
For Clinton, the mere prospect of an investigation means a serious deepening of his permanent state of legal siege. If Reno eventually calls for an independent counsel, this one would be the first to investigate Clinton himself, not just a member of his Cabinet or a wide-ranging mess like...
Another line of investigation revealed that serotonin may play a role in sleep. Destroy the raphe nuclei in cats, and they develop permanent and total insomnia. Give the wakeful cats a shot of serotonin, and they immediately go to sleep. In humans the amino acid L-tryptophan, which is converted...