Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Letter." This song is brimming over with lyrics; words literally spill from line to line. Stipe mesmerizingly free associates about how he can't understand "the star-thing," which seems to refer to the way young kids get fixated on their media heroes. "E-bow" has weight enough to cast the more poppy songs on the album into perspective; in the context of this song, all the various pop genres toyed with on the album, from record-company-Romeo to hard-living-guitar-god, seem purposefully overt and artificial...
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the bland "Wake-Up Bomb," which seems rife with the trappings of mid-80s rock and roll. "Wake-Up Bomb" packs on the weight of conventional, driving guitar chords, predictable drum patterns, and, deadliest of all, the title sung over and over again as the chorus, a la "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight." A later track, "Bittersweet Me," has the spastic energy, not to mention the intro rhythms and chords, of the Rolling Stones' "Start...
...medicine starts in the 40s." And the NIA's Sprott cautions that "the difference comes in life-style changes, not in the pills you take." Health and biomedical researchers all agree that for now, the best offense against the ravages of time is a level-headed defense: watch your weight, knock off the booze, quash the cigarettes, get plenty of sleep and exercise, keep tabs on your blood pressure and, for good measure, fasten your seat belt...
...appreciate the deft way skilled chiropractors use their hands. (Osteopaths, licensed physicians whose education is essentially the same as that of M.D.s, also include manipulative therapy in their treatments.) Studies at the University of Miami School of Medicine's Touch Research Institute have found that premature infants gain weight much faster after being massaged than babies in an unmassaged control group. Massaged infants cry less and are calmer than those who are rocked...
...change," marking the end of a woman's childbearing years, results in her body's virtually shutting down production of the hormone estrogen, with attendant hot flashes, irritability and weight gain. Post-menopausal women are also at higher risk for heart disease and osteoporosis (among other things, estrogen prevents the buildup of plaque in blood vessels and protects bone from thinning). On the plus side, the drop in estrogen reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Estrogen-replacement therapy--whether by pill, skin patch, above, or injection--provides just enough estrogen to prevent the unpleasant symptoms of menopause...