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...combat malaria, especially the most severe cases, which kill up to 2.7 million people a year. But a study by the medical-research charity Wellcome Trust published in the Lancet last Friday showed that an injectable version of the drug artesunate?one of a range of medicines derived from sweet wormwood, a traditional Chinese herb?can reduce the chances of death from severe malaria by 35% compared to quinine. The results were so striking that the study is likely to alter the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations for treatment of severe malaria. "This is quite significant," says Dr. Peter...
Digital video cameras now come in more flavors than ever, ranging from $30 disposables to pricey models that record to dvd instead of digital tape. But for artful documentation of family fun, the sweet spot belongs to midrange cams, priced as low as $300. Thanks to tech advances - and free editing software - any kid or parent can indulge a filmmaking urge at modest cost, with great results. Our director's guide: Stick With Simplicity Basic models from top brands like Sony, Canon and JVC deliver color quality that's just as good as higher-end alternatives. Forget costly features like...
...FASHIONED PEPPER Over the centuries, long peppers fell from fashion in favor of the round peppercorn. But food fashions can change. Whole Foods and specialty markets are reintroducing the mini-pinecone-shape spice, which combines heat with sweet overtones...
BRIAN MCCARTHY, spokesman for the National Football League, on plans to ensure that a pregame concert by the Rolling Stones steers clear of the band's controversial new song, Sweet Neo Con, whose lyrics include the lines "It's liberty for all/ Democracy's our style/ Unless you are against us/ Then it's prison without trial...
...carb diet, and never put it back on. Plus, I met my wife because she saw my well-lit photos in that story. I'm not entirely sure what a diet would have to do to impress me, but I think it would involve some of that sweet, light-headed Trimspa giddiness that makes Anna Nicole Smith so crack happy...