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Glover is among Winsor's many celebrity clients, as is Arnold Rifkin, 50, president of the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills. The flare-up of an old back injury nearly incapacitated the Hollywood power broker two years ago, and he started doing Pilates. "I felt energy moving through my body in a way I'd never experienced before," he says. Now free of pain, he signs up for twice-weekly sessions and has Pilates equipment at home. Says Rifkin: "I'm probably in the best physical shape I've ever been. My stamina is so much greater because...
...federal money for research that involves human embryos--leading both the Johns Hopkins and Wisconsin groups to seek funding from Geron Corp., a biotech firm based in Menlo Park, Calif. But staying within the letter of the law has not saved the scientists from attack. Biotechnology critic Jeremy Rifkin petitioned Congress last week to ban all privately funded research into embryonic stem cells so that there can be a "full investigation of the profound long-term social and ethical implications of the technology." Right-to-life activists chimed in as well. The stem cells were taken from potential human beings...
Consider my experience with America's Doctor Online, which was launched last month on AOL. The service (keyword: amdoc) provides free access to a real-time electronic chat with one of about 40 M.D.s 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The brainchild of Dr. Scott Rifkin, an internist who practices in Owings Mills, Md., America's Doctor Online offers a small library of medical information. For more complete resources, check out the American Heart Association www.amhrt.org or the Mayo Clinic www.mayohealth.org...
...Rifkin recalled that after an injury to aDartmouth player the team was denied access tovarsity teams' ice. She said she was insulted at"not having medical access because we're not`real' athletes...
...things like giving us basic access toice--it's frozen water!" Rifkin said...