Word: ulcers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...observers, like U.C.L.A. Psychiatrist Charles Wahl, insist that there is even such a thing as a "backache personality." People in this category tend to be hard driving but lacking in self-confidence. They are also likely to repress anger and avoid conflicts, traits they share with many victims of ulcer and headaches. Says Basmajian: "Back pain is just a tension headache that has slipped down the back...
...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...
...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...
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...