Word: risk
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...cells, the T cells, the lymphokines, whatever." Scientists can then "fix" the vaccine. For example, the 1985 vaccine against Hemophilus influenzae Type B, which causes bacterial meningitis, was only partially effective; although it protected older children, it did not work for babies under two years, who are most at risk. The antigen used to make the original vaccine has been re- engineered to make it more potent, and the new vaccine is being tested in infants...
...pain after visiting a Manhattan tanning parlor. Reason: because they did not wear protective goggles, their corneas were seared by overexposure to the UV sun lamps. Warns their ophthalmologist Barry Chaiken: "Only time will tell if the exposure is going to mean that they'll face a higher risk of cataracts and other long-term consequences...
...says Dermatologist John Epstein of the University of California at San Francisco. Epstein and other researchers believe that UVA exposure may promote skin cancer. "The presumption, based on animal studies, is that if you go into an indoor tanning salon, then go out into the sun, you increase the risk of skin cancer," says Dr. Nicholas Lowe of the University of California, Los Angeles...
...black mark against Bergasol, say other doctors, is that it contains the chemical psoralen, extracted from citrus oil. In animal tests at Harvard Medical School, high doses of psoralen caused skin cancer. Still, says Harvard Dermatologist Madua Pathak, Bergasol also contains sunscreen, which reduces UV absorption and cuts the risk to humans to acceptable levels. Harvard Colleague Robert Stern is not so sure. Says he: "I don't believe that using the agent is safe...
...would bother breaking the law to get it. That, in fact, is part of her lawyer's answer to official charges that the Helmsleys cheated the Government of $4 million in taxes by wrongly charging off sundry personal gewgaws as business expenses: Would people so rich risk jail for an amount so (relatively) small...