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SOME NERVE Acupuncture may scare away migraines and relieve back pain, but can it fight heart disease? Maybe. A preliminary study of congestive-heart-failure patients suggests that the ancient Chinese medicine may calm the sympathetic nervous system, the network of nerves that regulates activities we're barely aware of, like pumping blood. A less reactive sympathetic system results in smoother blood flow to the heart and easier pumping...
...huge roadblock earlier on when he agreed to allow poor countries to waive the usual patent rules for life-saving medicines, facing down the powerful U.S. pharmaceutical industry. His initial pro-drug-company position was undercut when the U.S. considered breaking the Cipro patent during the recent anthrax scare...
These extremists also believe that violence and scare tactics like the recent anthrax mailings will weaken laws protecting the practice of abortion and constitutional decisions that uphold the woman’s right to choose. However, if these extremists have so much confidence and faith in their beliefs, then they should have faith in the government to do what is right, the constitutional way. They have more hope than ever with a pro-life president in office ready to support them...
...chilling as what happened on Sept. 11th and the current anthrax scare is, good people have been working on this for a long time, they are getting better, and will continue to get better,” Clinton said...
Coming off a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to No.2 Dartmouth last weekend, Harvard (2-3-1, 2-1-1 ECAC) took on No.1 Minnesota-Duluth and No.8 Minnesota and gave both a scare but ended up running out of steam...