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...ERYTHROPOIETIN EPO regulates red-cell production, and these cells deliver oxygen throughout the body. Developed to alleviate anemia in patients with kidney disease, synthetic EPO is a diet staple for many long-distance runners, swimmers and cyclists. The oxygen boost it provides can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec.; in a marathon, by as much...
...inhibitors, now among the most widely prescribed drugs for hypertension, are the new kids on the block. They work by blocking an enzyme that constricts blood vessels. They are particularly beneficial when the patient is suffering from diabetic kidney disease or congestive heart failure...
...topic seemed to be off limits for the Cuban leader. He slammed the high cost of U.S. health care (kidney transplants are cheaper in Havana), the skyrocketing price of a movie ticket in the Big Apple ($9 compared only five cents in Havana, although he neglected to mention what movies were on offer there) and the fact that an average Baltimore Orioles baseball ticket costs over $18 (it's only 45 cents for a box seat in Havana - are you listening, Steinbrenner?). Just how the bearded one knew this is a mystery - nobody has ever reported seeing El Commandante...
...incorporate it into his body image," says Jones. Patients must also live with the knowledge that their newfound dexterity may decline over time if rejection sets in. Perhaps most troubling, though, is the drug regimen. The pills, steroids in particular, are known to increase the risk of infection, diabetes, kidney disease and cancer. Still, for a man in the prime of life to have a new working hand--and finally be able to wear his wedding band--it may be well worth such risks...
...bank: It's difficult for an institution to maintain its dignity when it's so closely associated with (ahem) adult magazines, mentioned only sotto voce and, as of Wednesday, the focus of a California lawsuit. The parents of 11-year-old Brittany Johnson, who is suffering from a genetic kidney disorder, brought a case against a Culver City, Calif., sperm bank, charging that the facility should have screened Brittany's biological father more carefully for genetic diseases. As it turns out, Donor 276, as the father has been dubbed, has a family history of renal disease, a fact that...