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Currently, there is no cure for HSV-2, the sexually transmitted variant, which affects about one out of every five Americans over the age of 12. Knipeā€™s vaccine targets HSV-2, which is also responsible for oral herpes, or cold sores...

Author: By Anne E. Bensson, CONTRIBUTNG WRITER | Title: Prof Finds Herpes Vaccine | 1/21/2005 | See Source »

When Jonathan Simms was 17, doctors thought he had 14 months to live. The Belfast teen was exhibiting the first symptoms of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (VCJD), the human version of mad cow disease, and there could only be one prognosis. But three years later, his condition is no longer considered terminal. Thanks to a controversial new therapy, he may become the first known survivor of a disease that has killed 147 Britons since 1995. After the diagnosis, Simms' father Don read about the use of an anticoagulant called pentosan polysulphate (PPS) to delay the onset of scrapie, a disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Risking All For A Cure | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

Elmo dolls always balance on the fine line between genius and insanity. This year he spells his name with big-arm gestures to a variant of the Village People's classic YMCA. fisher-price.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Playtime | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...OSAKA: Shodokan Aikido International Headquarters Students stay on their toes when chief instructor, Tetsuro Nariyama Shihan, is teaching. The dojo, tel: (81-6) 6622 2046, is open daily, and offers guidance on technique as well as randori, a type of freestyle sparring special to the shodokan variant of aikido. It costs $55 to join, plus a monthly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yoga Is for Wimps | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...dojo's door." Check out these recommended schools: OSAKA: Shodokan Aikido International Headquarters Students stay on their toes when chief instructor, Tetsuro Nariyama Shihan, is teaching. The dojo is open daily, and offers guidance on technique as well as randori, a type of freestyle sparring unique to the shodokan variant of aikido. It costs $55 to join, plus a monthly fee. tel: (81-6) 6622 2046 KYOTO: Butokuden Budo Center and Butokuden Gymnasium When not echoing with the grunts and shouts of judo and kendo competitors, this grand 100-year-old wooden pavilion hosts classes in shodokan aikido. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yoga Is for Wimps | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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