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...default becomes a real mess," says one New York banker. Since the debts of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru are relatively small and spread out among many lenders, the banks' losses on these loans have been easily offset by healthy profits in other lines of business. Bank earnings will suffer, however, if either Brazil or Argentina falls more than a few months behind in its payments...
...AIDS virus apparently can cause serious harm to the brain and nervous system in addition to wiping out the immune system. At least 50% of AIDS patients suffer from such symptoms as loss of memory, impaired ability to speak and think, even outright dementia...
...Woodrow Wilson. In 1919, during a whistle-stop tour of the nation, the 28th President was struck down near Pueblo, Colo., by an embolism that left him half paralyzed and with slurred speech. Back in Washington he recovered, only to suffer a second and irreversible stroke. During the final 17 months of his second term, the U.S. was shakily ruled by a triumvirate consisting of Wilson's second wife Edith, his White House secretary, Joe Tumulty, and his doctor, Cary Grayson. Cabinet meetings petered out slowly. The first one, held in almost complete, shocked silence, as Wilson's mind wandered...
Discovered in 1900, radon is produced by the radioactive decay of radium, which in turn is a product of the radioactive breakdown of uranium. The gas has long been recognized as a health threat to uranium miners, who suffer abnormally high rates of lung cancer. But as a gas, radon can flow for miles underground, often rising to the surface through faults and porous rock far from any source of uranium. In fact, the Watras house is located in a region called the Reading Prong, from which larger-than-normal quantities of radon rise. The region stretches from Reading...
Former foster children are almost twice as likely to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as U.S. war veterans, according to a study released Wednesday by the Harvard Medical School (HMS), the University of Michigan and Casey Family Programs...