Word: tracts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...average fellow who occasionally complains "I've got gas on my stomach" may indeed be uncomfortable be cause gas is distending some part of his digestive tract. If he chews a few antacid tablets, he most likely will do himself no good, but neither will he do any harm. To guard against recurrences, he should avoid eating pulse vegetables such as navy or lima beans (as every high-altitude flyer and astronaut knows) and roughage foods such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and celery. These two classes of foods, by different biochemical mechanisms, promote the formation...
...Among a sampling of 88 patients who complained of painful gas, Dr. Danhof found that 25% had simply swallowed too much air. Some of these patients, suffering from anxiety, could not expel all the air by belching, and retained so much that it caused painful distention in the gastrointestinal tract. In these cases, said Dr. Danhof, the most effective treatment is reassurance, which may be reinforced with tranquilizers and accompanied by instructions to exhale completely before swallowing food or drink...
...Scots are using their centuries-old cultural heritage and the undeniable attractions of their land as bait to at tract scientists and executives. They have thus managed to reverse the brain drain that traditionally drove Scotland's brightest sons to seek fortunes abroad...
...leaves the wheeling and dealing to his manager, Dick Linke, a Hollywood slicker who limits Nabors to a weekly allowance of $75, pours the rest of his money into California real estate. Most recent acquisitions: a 160-acre farm near Palm Springs for $500,000, a 330-acre tract on an island near San Francisco...
...substance is cholestyramine, developed by Dow Chemical Co. as a water softener because impurities in the water become bound to its particles and can be precipitated out. By a similar process, the chemical can bind to itself bile acids in the digestive tract so that they are expelled in the feces...