Word: ward
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Drinking coffee may help ward off type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study by Harvard researchers...
...Beverly and Jenks are recovering from surgery in the intensive-care ward of the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. In a way, they seem as boyish as they did before the attack. While a DVD of Lord of the Rings plays on Beverly's laptop, Jenks laments that his PlayStation 2 console is on its way to Iraq just as he is being sent back to Germany. Both show visitors plastic cups that contain shrapnel fragments removed from their bodies. There is no bitterness or self-pity. Says Beverly: "You've always got to expect the worst...
Even before the season began, Delaney-Smith was calling Holsey a “superstar.” The sophomore guard spent the summer doing exercises to strengthen her shoulder and resting her body to ward off the tendonitis that nagged her knee last year...
...disease has a strong genetic predisposition, but that alone doesn't explain why people get it. Researchers believe that an environmental trigger is also necessary. Among the prime suspects are viral infections like the Coxsackie B virus. The theory is that the immune system gets fired up to ward off a viral infection, then turns its attention to pancreatic islet cells because a protein on the cell surface is chemically similar to the virus...
...Growing up in Osaka's rough Nishinari ward, Takei was a small-time punk, pulling pranks such as throwing fireworks through neighbors' windows. Fine art "sounded too sophisticated and profound to me. I felt, like, 'What the hell is art?'" recalls Takei...