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Although the number of new cases of Lyme seemed to have peaked in the U.S. at 16,000 in 1996, public health officials are warning that this year's total could soar. Since the first mysterious outbreak of arthritis-like pain and fever among residents near the Connecticut community of Lyme in 1975, at least 100,000 Americans have been infected with the disease. Now endemic throughout the Northeast as well as parts of the Midwest and the West Coast, Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is spread by the bite of ticks...
Stanford officials say this provision was designed to attract middle-class families with much of their money invested in their home, especially in California, where real estate values continue to soar...
...several years, Netscape has been one of a handful of tech firms to really shine among both Wall Street analysts and the bloodhounds of the Fourth Estate. Netscape, along with such darlings as AOL and Pixar, enjoyed very positive press while seeing its initial public offering soar to meteoric levels...
...Buffett has been moving to protect against both risks. The T-bonds he bought last fall give him a hedge against deflation. Their value would soar if the economy soured and knocked down interest rates. The silver he just picked up gives him a hedge on the other side. The metal would gain value along with other commodities in a heated economy that raised inflation and interest rates. But small investors should be wary of following Buffett into silver lest he decide to take his profits and run. "How long will this last?" asks Moore of Flemings Global. "Buffett...
...research has shown that babies actually feel more pain than older patients--longer-lasting, more widespread pain that is likely to affect their behavior later in life. Pain unleashes a destructive cascade of stress hormones that can weaken the immune system and make the heart rate and blood pressure soar. Studies in the 1970s and '80s showed that babies deprived of anesthesia during surgery were more likely to develop infections, brain hemorrhages, muscle wasting and difficulties in healing...