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...last, America's most notorious hip-hopper and many of the parents who hate him have something in common. Pills. Specifically, prescription painkillers like Vicodin. Eminem, who sports a Vicodin tattoo on his left arm, is the pill's unofficial spokesperson. Last month, in his duet with Elton John at the Grammys, he rapped, "I'm on a thousand downers now/ I'm drowsy." It's easy to imagine that, as they glared at the TV, boomers around the country alleviated their annoyance at Eminem's notoriety by swallowing the very drug their nemesis was naming...
History suggests that something--be it a Wayans brother, a pill-popping cop or a fluffy rabbit--should surprise and win over the audience soon. In 1983-84 there was one sitcom--Kate & Allie--in the top 10. The next year The Cosby Show debuted. With the Friends soon to receive their Modern Maturity subscriptions, the right attention-grabbing comic at the right time could end up one lucky bunny...
...humble, chalky pill is already linked to reduced rates of heart attack fatalities, and some studies suggest it could reduce the risk of colon cancer. Now, a study out of New York University Medical Center has created a speculative connection between aspirin use and a reduced risk of epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common form of ovarian cancer...
...recent article on RU-486, a drug designed to induce abortion (News, "UHS Approves Abortion Pill," Feb. 7) does not sufficiently explain the opposition offered by Harvard Right to Life...
While HRL is opposed to all forms of abortion, we take particular exception to RU-486. This pill, like the surgical procedure, poses a host of risks to both the physical and psychological well-being of the mother. However, RU-486 causes unique problems in a college community...