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...bust of Julius Caesar, an extensive garden-gnome collection, a $300,000 Mickey Mouse drawing, bejeweled ink pens, several of which cost more than $100,000, $4 million worth of custom tailored clothes, a silver set allegedly belonging to Paul Revere, and two purple Jaguars with hand-painted leopard-skin roofs." It should be added that Ruth Madoff once gave her husband a $14,000 cigar humidor...
...more than just sleep during lecture. A team of researchers—led by Paul Nghiem ’86 of the University of Washington Department of Dermatology—released a study last week that determined that the topical application of caffeine may prevent the some types of skin cancer. The research—published in the Journal for Investigative Dermatology— provides a biological explanation for recent clinical studies that have shown a negative correlation between caffeine intake and the risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancer. According to the study, caffeine appears to reduce the risk...
...finding. “We have found a strong association between vitamin D deficiency and respiratory infection,” he said. “However, association does not imply causation. vitamin D does not cure all colds and flu.” Vitamin D is produced in the skin when it is exposed to the sun, particularly UVB rays. It can also be acquired through certain foods such as fortified milk and dietary supplements. Lona Sandon, national spokesperson of the American Dietetic Association, says that she believes this study is just one piece of the puzzle in determining...
...father, Peter (Bill Pullman), "Something's going on with Phoebe," we're initially as dubious as they are. It soon becomes apparent, though, that Phoebe is not a spirited child being oppressed, but either mentally ill or suffering from an undiagnosed syndrome. Her compulsive behaviors include rubbing the skin off her hands, intentionally bruising herself and saying inappropriate things. (See TIME's 10 questions for Dakota Fanning...
...head of the genetics department at the Harvard Medical School, Clifford J. Tabin—who received $50,000 last spring to study evolutionary changes in skin appendages like hair and nails—called the decrease in non-federal funding for the sciences “a concern, especially for young researchers starting out and for mid-level faculty who need to keep their momentum...