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...listen. Steroids can thicken and lengthen the vocal cords, dropping an octave or more from a girl's normal register. Some try to hide the effect by talking only in breathy, little-girl whispers...
...time thought would be with us for the duration. Besides the obvious changes like hair loss and wrinkling, the lungs' capacity declines; joints start to wear out; bones, especially in postmenopausal women and older men, lose density and weaken; cholesterol levels begin angling upward; the walls of the heart thicken, reducing its ability to pump blood by 25% over the life-span; the eyes' pupils diminish, making it harder to see in dim light. And more serious things can sneak up. Around age 50, polyps in the lower intestine, precursors to colorectal cancer--the second leading cause of cancer death...
...Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. As the program's director, Haber led 37 scientists in "a molecular approach to identifying the genes that have an important role in the development of arteriosclerosis," Lee said. Arteriosclerosis, a condition in which the walls of the arteries narrow and thicken, is the leading cause of death in the United States...
...attempt to thicken his cinematic stew, Lumet throws in countless non-characters running around trying desperately to make some sort of moral statement. Most prominent is Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks, in a role far beneath him), the resident money hungry alcoholic mastermind doctor emeritus at the hospital. Like so many in the film, Butz never gets to be a real person. He simply serves as a vehicle by which the screenwriter may embody every negative trait associated with the health care industry...
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