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CORRESPONDENT LARRY GURwin knows it sounds old-fashioned, but he still thinks of journalism as a calling. "It gives you the chance to explain a part of the world to people--in my case, what makes financial institutions tick," says Gurwin, a new member of TIME's investigative unit. That dedication is amply displayed in this week's report by Gurwin and Washington correspondent Adam Zagorin on Investcorp, the high-flying and secretive Arab investment boutique that bought Tiffany and Saks Fifth Avenue and engineered the stunning turnaround of Gucci. "Although Gucci is a triumph, many deals have been duds...
...speech will take place at 8 p.m. Tickets are available from the Sanders Theatre Box Office at 496-2222 or by calling 1-800-THE-TICK...
What especially worries those familiar with the newfound ailment is that doctors may fail to recognize it and so may not treat it properly. Unlike Lyme disease, which usually begins with a bull's-eye rash around the site of the tick bite, HGE has no telltale warning signs. Nor is there a definitive test for the disease. Doctors must base their diagnosis on such circumstantial evidence as abnormal spots on white blood cells and a low level of white cells or platelets in the blood. Furthermore, the drug most commonly used for Lyme disease -- amoxicillin -- is useless against...
...that Ehrlichia attacked only dogs and horses, now know that at least two species of Ehrlichia can infect humans. One causes HGE, and the other causes a disease called monocytic Ehrlichiosis, a flulike illness first identified in the western hemisphere nine years ago. HGE is spread by the deer tick in Northern states, while monocytic Ehrlichiosis is a mostly Southern syndrome that travels in the Lone Star tick. The disease is found in 30 states, including Texas and Oklahoma. More than 400 cases of monocytic Ehrlichiosis, nine of them fatal, have been documented since the mid-'80s. Unfortunately...
...backyard barbecue may find some comfort in the fact that both types of Ehrlichiosis are easily cured by doxycycline. And since doxycycline works against Lyme disease as well, doctors can, when in doubt, cover all contingencies by using this drug for patients who have been bitten by a tick. A downside of doxycycline: it makes the skin overly sensitive to sunlight and is not normally recommended for pregnant women and young children. The old Lyme-disease precautions now carry an added imperative: when walking in the woods, wear long pants, tuck your pants legs inside your socks...