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...currently accepted method for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child requires three to sixth months of treatment for the mother and child with the drug zidovudine (AZT). This regimen, while effective in advanced nations, is not accessible to the impoverished areas most stricken by AIDS...
...Even more heady was the physical workout she endured. Already lean and mean from rollerblading, biking and hiking, she engaged in a full boxing regimen at Gleason's Gym, began running two miles a day, and packed on more than 10 pounds to bulk up her frame. Undergoing rigorous training for five hours a day, six days a week, Rodriguez transformed herself from a reasonably fit woman into a muscular Amazon. "My whole body began to change," she says, taking a deep drag off an American Spirit cigarette. "I morphed into a powerful being...
...Johnson says he's "pretty much full blast" again after the injury and plans to compete three times before the Games. What returned this 32-year-old so quickly to fine fettle? A regimen of deep-tissue massage and other therapy that is much different from what weekend warriors might do to cure a muscle: "For a week I had ultrasound two or three times a day, then I'm sitting on a table with someone digging into a muscle that's already sore as hell, breaking up fluid that's in there from the trauma. Not much...
Johnson says he's "pretty much full blast" again after the injury and plans to compete three times before the Games. What returned this 32-year-old so quickly to fine fettle? A regimen of deep-tissue massage and other therapy that is much different from what weekend warriors might do to cure a muscle: "For a week I had ultrasound two or three times a day, then I'm sitting on a table with someone digging into a muscle that's already sore as hell, breaking up fluid that's in there from the trauma. Not much...
...requires someone who is completely unable to accept a prosthesis, someone who simply can't incorporate it into his body image," says Jones. Patients must also live with the knowledge that their newfound dexterity may decline over time if rejection sets in. Perhaps most troubling, though, is the drug regimen. The pills, steroids in particular, are known to increase the risk of infection, diabetes, kidney disease and cancer. Still, for a man in the prime of life to have a new working hand--and finally be able to wear his wedding band--it may be well worth such risks...