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...take Zyban tend not to gain weight when they quit smoking. The drug can be used alone or, to increase your chances of success, in combination with the patch. Zyban is not for you, however, if you suffer a seizure disorder, have ever had a head injury or stroke or already take Wellbutrin or certain other psychotropic medications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Quits | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

HOSPITALIZED. RICK JAMES, 50, funk master; from a stroke; in Los Angeles. After popping a blood vessel in his neck during a performance, the "Super Freak" singer felt numb on his right side. Doctors expect a full recovery from the ailment, brought on, said James' spokesman, by "rock-'n'-roll neck--the rhythmic whiplash motion of the head and neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...list goes on to include virtually any disorder that involves the loss of normal cells: stroke, muscular dystrophy, spinal-cord injury, kidney or liver disease, blindness caused by degeneration of the retina. Stem cells could also provide drug companies with a limitless supply of normal human tissues to use in testing the toxicity of new drugs. "This is a fairly unique resource," says Johns Hopkins team leader John Gearhart, in a masterpiece of understatement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biological Mother Lode | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...their down-below parts, ready for their lonely bit of action." The narrator of this slangy, tangy first novel from Britain has seen it all. Or so he thinks, until the Eagle falls into the hands of managers from the head office, who express concern for their "customer-stroke-guests" while remaining oblivious to the shenanigans under their noses. Throw in a racist thug, some lovable Cockneys and Rastafarians, and a whiff of violence, and you've got a small bomb just waiting to explode. The plot here is incidental; what takes center stage is the driving, driven narrative voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Long Snake Tattoo By Frank Downes | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Freshman midfielder Eliza Dick missed her penalty stroke for Harvard after co-captain Judy Collins, junior back Katie Schoolwerth and sophomore forward Jennifer Crusius were successful in their attempts...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Drops Nailbiter to N'Eastern | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

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