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...mother's crack binge triggers spasms in the baby's blood vessels, the vital flow of oxygen and nutrients can be severely restricted for long periods. Fetal growth, including head and brain size, may be impaired, strokes and seizures may occur, and malformations of the kidneys, genitals, intestines and spinal cord may develop. If the cocaine dose is large enough, the blood supply can be cut so sharply that the placenta may tear loose from the uterus, putting the mother in danger and killing the fetus. The horrid litany is not just the result of binges. Even...
Lower back pain, as prevalent as the common cold, is the price human beings pay for walking upright. In most cases, simple treatments like bed rest, exercise and pain-killers bring relief. But many sufferers are not so lucky. If one or more of their spinal disks -- pulpy masses that cushion pairs of vertebrae -- rupture and press on nerve roots, the pain that radiates from the back and down the legs can be excruciating and disabling. For many the only treatment is surgical removal of part of the blown disk, a major operation called a laminectomy that requires general anesthesia...
Although the group was not as professional as the Din and Tonics, they displayed a lot of raw talent, spectactors said. "We sang the National Anthem, and 'Big Bottoms," from the movie 'Spinal Tap,' because it seemed appropriate at the time," said one of the singers, who requested anonymity...
...state's largest insurance carrier, doctors in South Florida declared last Wednesday "Disaster Day." Nearly 80% of Broward County's 600 specialists, including neurologists, obstetricians and orthopedic surgeons, resigned from emergency-room duties. Twelve of the county's 16 hospitals now refuse to accept trauma patients with head and spinal-cord injuries...
...unemployed hobo, but in the important supporting role of the Policeman he couldn't make the Keystone Kops second string. What's worse--or I guess better--is that several of his speeches are completely drowned out by the over-enthusiastic band, its amps never budging from Spinal Tap's legendary "11". As usual for the ART, the sets and costumes are superb...