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...long to have children that they are in danger of waiting forever. This same generation was also party to the sexual revolution, and that too has taken a toll. With exposure to more sex partners came a sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases and other infections that can impair fertility. In addition, tens of thousands of women now in their 30s and 40s were born with malformed reproductive systems as a result of their mothers' use of the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol), which was widely prescribed in the 1940s and '50s to prevent miscarriage...
...more than women seem to draw on anger as a tool, but it is decidedly double-edged. In a sport like golf, which depends on fine motor control, rage can spell disaster. In football, anger may help power up a blitzing lineman, but it can impair a quarterback's judgment...
...military altogether. "If Iraq is totally out of the picture," says William Quandt, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution, "there is no counterbalance to Iran." At the same time, the U.S. and its allies are determined to wipe out Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and seriously impair its conventional war machine. Reconciling those two aims requires a delicate balancing act. "You want an Iraq weak enough that it can't threaten the weakest of its neighbors, yet strong enough to deter the strongest of its neighbors," says Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee...
...liver disease, as well as sexual dysfunction. Nonetheless, some athletes still believe they can be taken safely. Now it appears that "severe psychiatric symptoms are much more common than severe medical symptoms," says Dr. Harrison Pope, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Pope says steroids can cause aggression, impair judgment and, in rare cases, lead to psychotic behavior. At least 10 steroid users have been involved in murders or attempted murders, he says...
...Happy-Hour Defense Northwest Airlines Captain Norman Prouse offered a woozy excuse when he and two colleagues faced criminal charges for flying a jet while drunk. His lawyer claimed that because Prouse is an alcoholic, the 15 or so rum-and-colas he downed before flying did not impair him as much as they would a moderate drinker. But the judge served up a 16-month sentence...