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...novel Man Alone. When Gee began writing the book in the late '60s, "we were able to shake off that oppressive Puritanism," the author, 73, recalls, "which wasn't only religious, it was secular." Novels like Gee's award-winning Plumb (1978), based on the life of his Presbyterian minister turned Communist grandfather James Chapple, continued that shaking-off. By the time writer-director Brad McGann got around to adapting Den three decades later, New Zealand had changed...
...what should you do if you have a bottle of Vioxx in your medicine cabinet? "For younger patients who are otherwise well, I think you can afford to wait until you talk to your doctor," says Dr. Meggan Mackay, a rheumatologist at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Older patients, particularly those with a history of heart disease, should stop taking the drug immediately and consult their doctor about a new treatment. But don't throw away your bottle; Merck has promised to reimburse customers for unused medication. For more information, call 1-888-36-VIOXX...
Eating 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...
Johnston doesn't dwell on what age has taken away from her. "She's never been a complainer," says Julie. That attitude may have much to do with her prodigious longevity. Not to mention good genes and a whopping dose of good luck. Johnston's father, a Presbyterian minister, died at 69, her mother at 85. Her younger sister Vern died in 1997 at 105. Though Johnston had surgery for breast cancer in her 90s and a heart attack so minor she never noticed it, she has generally enjoyed superb health...
...MOST AFFECTED BY THE PROTESTANT SWOON? Primarily the more liberal mainline denominations like United Methodists, the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Episcopal Church. "We are losing our own children," says Kenneth Carder, Bishop of the Methodists' Mississippi Conference. But even some evangelical growth is tapering: the 16.3 million-member Southern Baptist Convention has conceded a drop-off in Sunday school enrollment...