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Want to get out of the hospital quicker? Chew gum. People who undergo abdominal surgery often suffer from post-op ileus, essentially an intestinal shutdown, leading to pain, vomiting and other problems. The sooner the digestive engine gets up and running, the sooner patients can go home. Researchers at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California found that chewing sugarless gum can help things along, probably by stimulating nerves and hormones associated with eating. No word on whether any flavor works better than others...
...This year the dynamic of our guards has changed a lot,” Finelli says. “We lost a lot of confidence and leadership in our senior class, but the guards we have this year have a different style of play. We’re quicker and we’re faster, and being as young as we are but having played together so much, it’s easy to gel with each and other and get in a flow.”A young corps on the perimeter should get ample support from Harvard?...
...Harris, who had five offensive boards in his big game against BC. “But I think a lot of my points this year are going to come off action, taking my man off the dribble. I feel one of my main strengths is being more versatile and quicker than the guys trying to guard me. At BC, I would have a center guarding me on the perimeter, so I could go around him. If it’s a smaller player, I can post...
...ball and shoot from deep mean the three-guard position wouldn’t be too much of a stretch.“Jeremy as a freshman has played the best,” Sullivan says. “And his learning curve has been a little bit quicker than most of the freshmen.”Lin has also shown maturity beyond his years, an attribute not unnoticed by his teammates.“It’s clear that he’s very comfortable on the court,” Pusar says. “I think...
...demanding the ball from the guards. He began with a pair of free-throws and added three consecutive lay-ups, the last coming on a three-point play. Overall Cusworth scored nine straight points for Harvard, bringing the Crimson back within one at 47-46 and killing the quicker Maine squad’s chance to run away with the game. “We wanted to set a tone for the rest of the season that nobody’s going to come into our home gym and control the tempo of the game,” Cusworth said...