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...suggestions are part of a regular updating of the four-decade-old RDA tables, and must still get past months of elaborate academy review. Little objection is likely to the panel's plan of raising the calcium level for women, many of whom suffer from a debilitating bone condition in later years. But the downward revisions seem to some experts to be at odds with recommendations from the National Cancer Institute and with a 1982 report from the academy itself urging Americans to eat more foods rich in vitamins A and C as a possible hedge against cancer. Others, however...
...lush Black Sea resort, some of them sweetly smiling, grandmotherly women who wanted nothing more than to share the genteel charm of their homes. "I have a nice little room to rent, a short walk to the sea, hot water, next door to a good restaurant," declared one. Two bone-weary women quickly began bidding furiously against each other for the room, even though neither had seen it, driving the price up from the equivalent of $7.50 a day to $10. The negotiations were suspended by a uniformed policeman carrying a bullhorn who tapped the saleswoman on the shoulder...
...caused by bacteria that produce a colorless, sticky film called plaque, which, if left undisturbed by a toothbrush or dental floss, leaves a hard residue known as tartar. As plaque accumulates along the gum line, pockets of inflammation form, which eventually loosen teeth and wear away the underlying bone...
Elesh is not present on the crania and several teeth are missing from both, according to observers. The temple of the wax covered skull had been crushed and only the law, nasal and eyes remained intact on the second bone structure...
...Museum of Science's 20,000 sq. ft. multi-level floor area allows spacious presentation of participatory displays interspersed among the many artifacts. Visitors have the opportunity to smell an array of herbal medicines, test their ability to read Chinese pictographs, pump water with a dragon-bone irrigation pump, and try the famous Tai Ji Quan exercises...