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...Simply because the harmful effects of cigarettes aren't as immediate as a punch to the kidney or a bullet in the arm, many think that public smoking isn’t as dangerous. Opponents of public smoking bans also say that prohibiting smoking in private establishments is a violation of property rights and a smoker’s right to light up. After all, if objecting non-smokers don’t like it, they can just stay clear...
...June, about 50,000 boxes of toothpaste got their last squeeze inside an industrial trash compactor in Homestead, Fla. They were yanked from the shelves of discount stores and bathroom cabinets after a nationwide recall warned that the toothpaste contained a chemical, diethylene glycol, that could lead to kidney failure. Francisco Botta, who distributed the toothpaste for his family's wholesale business in Miami, stocked his warehouse bathroom with the stuff. "I used it every day," he says. "I told everybody to stop...
USAGE Experts say as many as 30% of Type I diabetic women in the U.S. have shortchanged their shots for weight loss, but it can be a deadly diet. Long-term complications from a lack of insulin range from blindness to kidney failure...
...beliefs. Most folks, however, hesitate simply because they don't want to face their own mortality, preferring to leave the postmortem choice to their loved ones. Reciprocity would force the issue earlier, and despite his misgivings, Landry believes that's a good thing. "You may never need a new kidney," he says, "but a lot of people aren't going to risk not having that extra insurance just in case...
...hoax that fooled even the editors at TIME, the Netherlands' controversial Big Donor Show, in which three ill patients were supposed to compete to receive a kidney, turned out to be a publicity stunt to raise awareness about organ donation. Some patients waiting for transplants appreciated the idea, like one woman, who told the AP, "I thought it was brilliant, really." SCORE...