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Scientists debate endlessly whether we will ever really understand the workings of the mind - and every once in a while they're given reason to hope. The latest source of optimism is a study published in Friday's issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, which shows for the first time that a new type of rehabilitation may help stroke victims regain nearly full use of their paralyzed limbs. The experimental therapy, employed by researchers at the University of Alabama and the Friedrich Schiller University in Germany, involves immobilizing the good arm of a stroke victim and forcing...
...this point, it?s pretty clear that the side effects of smoking are all pretty awful. But if the well-publicized threat of lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease or stroke isn?t enough to keep you from lighting up, maybe the idea of walking around without any teeth will do the trick. According to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoke is a major contributor to the development of gum disease and subsequent tooth loss. In fact, smokers who puff away on a pack a day are six times more likely than nonsmokers...
DIED. KEIZO OBUCHI, 62, former Japanese Prime Minister; six weeks after suffering a massive stroke; in Tokyo...
...nearly as long as the Sunshine State has attracted retirees, it has been a rich market for DuPont Pharmaceuticals. The company sells close to $50 million of its blood thinner Coumadin to heart and stroke patients in Florida each year, and it had the market all to itself until 1997. Then the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Barr Laboratories' generic version, and suddenly DuPont's monopoly was threatened...
...dons a prosthetic "fat suit" (a l Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor and Mike Myers in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me). The result is a frighteningly realistic, bad-mouthing Southern granny with an attitude. Prior to filming, Lawrence made headlines when he collapsed from a heat stroke and slipped into a coma after jogging in heavy clothing. As a consequence, extreme measures were taken during filming to ensure Lawrence's comfort and safety while in the fat suit. As for the fat suit itself, it looks like the film's success will depend largely on its effectiveness...