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...chances of executing innocent persons, the criminal justice system has taken steps in recent years to make that horrible scenario even more likely. Criminal court judges, district attorneys and other local officials continue to win elections by boasting that they are" tough on crime." As a result, movements to shorten the time between sentencing and execution are spreading throughout states which allow for capital punishment. Of the 401 executions completed since the death penalty was reinstated, about 70 percent of them have occurred in the 1990s...
...defense, as usual, forced turnovers and made big plays to shorten the field for the offense...
...last days of life and were given morphine, which eased their suffering but also hastened death. The government has proposed tighter controls of these nonrequest cases, but practitioners say Holland's candor has merely thrown light on a common, if little discussed, medical practice. "Doctors all over the world shorten the lives of patients under the cover of pain reduction, and only we are stupid enough to talk about it," says Bert Keizer, a nursing home physician in Amsterdam, whose memoir about his life among the dying, Dancing with Mister D, was a best seller...
...clues are tantalizing. In some research centers, investigators are studying an area at the tip of chromosomes that appears to shorten, fuselike, as we grow older. Extinguish the chemical fire that consumes the fuse, and you might be able to bring aging to a halt. Elsewhere, scientists are studying how the waste produced when a cell consumes food can contaminate its innards, a process that can lead to the body-wide breakdowns we associate with aging. Clean up the cells, and you should be able to buck up the entire organism. Still elsewhere, geneticists are beginning to map the very...
Fortunately, the immune systems of most healthy adults are strong enough to successfully eliminate Cyclospora infections after several weeks. But doctors can shorten the length of the illness considerably by treating patients with strong antibiotics. So if you have diarrhea that persists for more than a couple of days or that recurs after a few days, see your doctor as soon as possible. And don't forget to wash those strawberries...