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Marion R. Herz, an environmental protection specialist in the EPA's Indoor Air Division, cited respiratory tract irritation, colds, sore throats and cancer as the major effects of second-hand smoke on college-aged young adults...
...failed to pollinate the squash, and mites feasted on the beans and white potatoes. One crew member, Jane Poynter, lost a fingertip in a thresher accident. (She was whisked out for emergency treatment and then returned.) The rest came down with assorted complaints: diarrhea, back pain, eye and urinary-tract infections and a cold that made the rounds until there was no one left to catch...
...tried eating the things, really I did. I chipped away at a drumstick, pried off a morsel, chewed, and chewed some more. When it got lodged in my throat, I drank some soda to get it down. Big mistake. I expect it will float around in my gastrointestinal tract, chewing gum style, for the next seven years...
Zetzel specialized in treating diseases of the digestive tract. He served as chief of gastroenterology at Beth Israel Hospital from...
...most interesting thing about orlistat is the way it works. It targets a pair of key enzymes in the digestive tract and by blocking their action neatly thwarts one of the body's most basic functions: the breakdown and utilization of dietary fat. Most of the fat we eat is too . . . well, fat to be absorbed by the body. Before it can pass through the walls of the intestine into the bloodstream, each fat molecule must be split into its constituent parts: three fatty acids and the glycerol backbone to which they are attached. That...