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Oprah's presence is felt in other, more subtle ways. The majority of the articles in the magazine's feature section were written by women of color, from pieces by freelance journalists to biracial novelist Danzy Senna's account of her troubled relationship with her Irish grandmother. Writes Oprah: "This is the defining question in my life. How do you use your life to best serve yourself and extend it to the world?" Once again, she has served herself by extending her self-service to the world, and what would probably come off as self-aggrandizement anywhere else in this...
...recently, folks have suffered liver damage from sipping teas brewed from comfrey, an herb that is used in poultices and ointments to treat sprains and bruises and should never be taken internally. Special note to pregnant women and nursing mothers: you should avoid a number of herbs, including Echinacea, senna, comfrey and licorice...
...drug's maker, pulled Ex-Lax Friday after the FDA announced an intended ban of the product. Apparently high doses of phenolphthalein, Ex-Lax's active ingredient, causes cancer in laboratory animals. Novartis said it was "obviously disappointed," but promised that a reformulated Ex-Lax derived from the senna plant would be on store shelves in 60 days. Expect coffee and bran muffin futures to skyrocket when Wall Street's big players get back from the beach...
Others were not so certain that the FIA alone was to blame. The owner of Ratzenberger's Simtek Ford said his driver's fatal accident was caused by a malfunction in the front end of the car. Might Senna's crash have been a case of driver error? "Ayrton Senna made a mistake," Carweek magazine quoted Williams-Renault technical director Patrick Head as saying. "We have checked the telemetry. He slightly lifted his foot just at that dip in the place where the tarmac changes. That caused a loss of grip from the car." A Williams spokesman later denied that...
...hurtled into the Ferrari pit, injuring three mechanics. The federation also announced that it would study the possibility of installing speed controls on Formula One cars, and that it would consider requiring the installation of air bags to prevent the kind of head injuries that apparently killed Ratzenberger and Senna. After the race, Italian officials launched an investigation to see whether the sponsors of the Imola race should be held criminally responsible for failing to maintain the circuit properly...