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Despite its occasional failures at inopportune moments, the back is a marvel of biological engineering. It is not only the body's principal scaffolding, on which the skull, ribs, pelvis and shoulder bones are all anchored. It also serves as the major conduit for the bundles of nerves-the...
(3 of 10) body. When doctors speak of the back, they usually mean the spinal column. Sweeping from the base of the skull to the pelvis in a graceful yet extremely strong doubleS shape, this natural architectural masterpiece consists of 33 building blocks, called vertebrae. So artfully are they sculpted...
High-heeled shoes may be in fashion in certain circles, but they throw the spine badly out of line, tilt the pelvis and can lead to trouble. Try hard to resist them.
> Instead of a "periodic" (usually interpreted to mean once a year) general checkup for cancer, including physical examination of the breasts and pelvis, testicles and prostate, thyroid, lymph nodes, mouth and skin, the A.C.S. now suggests one every three years between ages 20 and 40, and annually thereafter.
DIED. Dimitri Tiomkin, 85, Russian-born composer who won three Oscars for his soaring scores for The High and the Mighty, The Old Man and the Sea and High Noon, and another for High Noon's memorable theme song, Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'; after fracturing...