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...this neighborhood than in other areas of Niagara Falls. Miscarriages seemed to occur frequently; and so many children were born with birth defects that street signs were posted warning motorists of deaf youngsters. Two of Alice Kline's children are troubled; one is hyperactive, another developed an ulcer-like stomach condition at age seven. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Peter Stoler last week, she admitted: "I used to think that our house was cursed by a devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Neighborhood off Fear | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...article reports that a widely acclaimed ulcer drug called cimetidine is actually less effective than ordinary antacids in treating seriously ill patients suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding. Another presents evidence that the incidence of hepatitis A is greater than normal in homosexual men and is related to their sexual practices. These are just two of the articles in last week's New England Journal of Medicine, a weekly that has been making news practically from the time it was founded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Ingelfinger Rule | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Andy McNerney's back-to-the-mat style may have put coach Johnny Lee on the verge of an ulcer, but he won't complain if the Yardling continues wins...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Yale Storms Tired Grapplers; Crimson Goes Winless in Ivies | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Lewis, who was a professor there at the time, "you wished that the author were there to see it." She was also much in demand for major roles by the Yale Repertory Theater. By the time she earned her master of fine arts degree she had developed an incipient ulcer: "It was very liberating when I got out to find that you're not competing with 24 people but with 20,000 others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Mother Finds Herself | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...four or five colleges in China they would be willing to attend, and officials assign students who pass to specific institutions. "It's incredibly nerve-wracking--the prospects of not passing are so dismal," Wen says. "I had a roommate at P.U. who was just 20 and had an ulcer already...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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