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...course, it's far better to prevent the art from being stolen in the first place. For churches, that means finding the delicate balance between security and sanctity. Solid locks on the doors, external lighting at night, an off-site safe to lock away valuables when the church is closed - the security measures don't have to be complicated or expensive. "You can do a lot with something as simple as a motion sensor and a length of fishing line," says art historian Charney. "Attach the sensor to the fishing line, then hang it on an object that's never...
Unlike traditional anti-addiction approaches, such as 12-step programs, psychotherapy and older medications like methadone for heroin addicts or the nausea-inducing Antabuse for alcoholics, vaccines like TA-CD prevent the addictive substance from ever reaching the user's brain - that is, they inhibit the addictive cycle rather than respond to it. The goal is to eliminate the chemical cascade that results in the euphoric "high," which, in turn, sparks addiction - what comedian George Carlin once described this way: "What does cocaine make you feel like? It makes you feel like having more cocaine...
...heroin vaccine in China, where increasing heroin use has been linked to skyrocketing rates of AIDS and hepatitis. Unlike the vaccine against cocaine, the heroin vaccine faces a tricky complication: It may interfere with other important treatments. If its protection extends to other opiates, for example, it would prevent patients from responding to medically necessary drugs like morphine. The same potential concern applies to nicotine vaccines that may block normal nerve transmissions involving nicotinic receptors in the brain, which play a role in muscle movement, Cohen says...
...affect the body in the same ways. The bottom line is that more study will be needed before we know how much sway our brains have over our heart function - and how much we can control what happens in the mind to prevent a heart attack...
...Although Romney has a stellar record, this election is, after all, about the future. Romney has outlined a plan to prevent the spread of terrorism, and strengthen our economy...