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HERB ALERT Watch out for the Chinese herb Aristolochia fangchi. Already linked to kidney failure, it is now thought to be the cause of tumors in the kidney and elsewhere along the urinary tract among patients in Belgium who took it as part of a weight-loss program. The highly toxic herb is likely to be present in a host of botanicals, including Dutchman's pipe, guan mu ton, heart snake root and birthwort. The FDA plans to seize any substance with Aristolochia that turns up at U.S. ports...
INTESTINAL RELIEF Crohn's disease packs quite a wallop. The chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract can cause abdominal cramping, fatigue and diarrhea so severe that some patients can't leave home. And just when sufferers think it's gone, the disease returns. Now two studies offer new hope. One finds that the cancer drug methotrexate may prevent a relapse in those in remission. The other suggests that growth hormones combined with a high-protein diet can significantly ease symptoms, with only minor side effects...
...snagging that corner office and the big house on Elmwood, think about that L word: legacy. Remember Radcliffe's leader in the Forties and Fifties, Wilbur Jordan? Seventeen years in office, and all he got were some lousy tract houses on Shepard Street named after him. Nathan Pusey got a pile of books stored underground. If Rudy doesn't snag the Memorial Hall Tower, I say grab it. Or how about the Fineberg Forest? Start brainstorming, Harvey. A presidency is a terrible thing to waste...
...tking me out agn, u lousy toad? ive nvr hd a pistachio milkshk. i dnt know if my asian digestv tract cn tk it. wat do u think...
...careful neutrality of Ondaatje's language sets the tone for what follows: not a political tract or an exercise in finger pointing but an exquisitely imagined journey through the hellish consequences of impassioned intentions...