Word: stomachic
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...Apart from the big, obvious things - love, death, children - most of the really walloping, sock-in-the-stomach emotional highs and lows of my life have involved watching Liverpool. There was the ecstasy of being in the crowd when the club won the European championship in 1978, and the horror of settling down in my office for the 1985 championship game against Juventus, of Turin - and then watching Juventus fans get crushed to death when some Liverpool supporters rioted. Through long experience, my family has come to know that their chances of having a vaguely pleasant husband and father...
Gluten intolerance, a sensitivity to a protein in wheat flour, can be a big problem for kids; it can lead to diarrhea, stomach pain and nutrient deficiencies. It turns out that when gluten is introduced is critical. In a study of 1,560 children predisposed to gluten intolerance (also known as celiac disease), researchers found that infants first exposed to gluten at 4 to 6 months of age had a lower risk of developing the intolerance than those exposed either earlier or later...
Scientists initially became interested in the COX-2 enzyme because it's found in so many cancer cells. When active, COX-2 produces a chemical called a prostaglandin that helps keep the stomach lining healthy. It also helps the kidney and blood platelets function properly. In tumors, however, prostaglandin becomes a bad actor, an evil conspirator that helps build the new blood supplies that tumors need to grow. COX-2 also makes cancer cells more resistant to the body's immune response and more resistant to drugs. What would happen, scientists wondered, if you suppressed the COX-2 enzyme with...
...after his Siberian excursion, Ledyard’s health was not as vigorous as his spirit. “To those who knew him…the African adventure looked something like a death wish,” Zug writes. Ledyard only made it as far as Cairo. Suffering stomach pains, he took medication to induce vomiting. But he ingested too strong a dose, causing a blood vessel to burst. He died...
...after his Siberian excursion, Ledyard’s health was not as vigorous as his spirit. “To those who knew him…the African adventure looked something like a death wish,” Zug writes. Ledyard only made it as far as Cairo. Suffering stomach pains, he took medication to induce vomiting. But he ingested too strong a dose, causing a blood vessel to burst. He died...