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...book of the same name. Despite complaints from other doctors who studied the Cousins case and said that the author had misrepresented the nature and severity of his disease, Cousins' amateur foray into medicine eventually led to his appointment as a senior lecturer on the faculty at the UCLA medical school...
Cousins took no exception to the study, insisting that his ideas have been misinterpreted. Still, he noted that in a UCLA study now under way, "we have seen in one or two cases that the number of immune cells can be increased under circumstances of deep confidence and determination...
Others are not so sure. Ronald K. Siegel, a psychopharmacologist at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, believes that reactions to MDMA are unpredictable , and not nearly so glowing as some therapists make out. Involuntary teeth clenching, biting of the inside of the cheek, increased sweating, blurred vision and fluctuations in blood pressure have occurred during clinical sessions, he points out. Says Siegel: "People are trying too hard to make this drug into the one that LSD was not -- a drug that is safe and effective and can be freely used and dispensed. MDMA...
...beer stands caution: SOBRIETY IS NO ACCIDENT. Neither is the Celtics' practical possession of this sport. Boston aside, no team has repeated an N.B.A. championship in over 30 seasons. Even the Celtics have not done it since 1969, the year that Lakers Center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left UCLA. Now Jabbar leads the league in tenure and tonsure, but no longer rebounding. And despite his 109-102 rebound in Game 2, the Celtics were having an unusually hard time casting themselves as underdogs in pursuit of a second straight title, a 16th overall...
Despite being recruited by national hoop powers after his outstanding prep career, Carrabino--encouraged by Joe, Sr., a UCLA professor--chose Harvard for its academics...